RE: Unrestricted Outbound Web Server Access Opinion

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

> There are a few common reasons to allow your webserver to have
> unrestricted outbound access.  DNS for local daemon name resolution,
> SMTP for any mail that may need to be sent, NTP for keeping accurate
> time, and so on.  

None of these requires *unrestricted* outbound access.  In every case,
the outbound access that is necessary is well defined and can be easily 
restricted to just what is needed.

David Gillett