Re: SMTP Firewall

[Chip Christian <chip () princetontele com>]

> > randy.witlicki () valley net said:
> > >   Benefits:
> > >    - I can block all but SMTP needed traffic with router access lists.
> > >    - inetd.conf will be really short. 
> >
> > What inetd.conf is that?  My email-only firewall would be running nothing 
> > but postfix.
>
> Might be better to run a simpler e-mail proxy.  But the reference to
> inetd.conf is that he will edit out [rather than comment out] all OTHER
> network protocols served by 'inetd'.
>
> Perhaps better not even to run 'inetd'.

That was my point.  Oh, and I'd be running sshd for administrative access.