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Re: SMTP Firewall
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () cospo osis gov>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:01:23 -0400 (EDT)
I have a customer who's E-Mail department requested a seperate dedicated SMTP only FW. I can think of no reason to deny this request, but also am having difficulty finding reasons to allow it. I put it to the list, is there benefits or risk in allowing this type of configuration?
Benefits: if your FW is maxed out, and ONLY if, then you MIGHT get better throughput. No security benefits that I can think of: a hacker might pick that FW instead of the existing one to crack first. Risks: one more firewall to keep properly configured. The more doors, the more chance of finding a broken lock. -- Joe Yao jsdy () cospo osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of COSPO policies.
Current thread:
- SMTP Firewall Roy Stevens (Sep 07)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Randy Witlicki (Sep 07)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Chip Christian (Sep 08)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Joseph S D Yao (Sep 09)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Chip Christian (Sep 09)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Paul D. Robertson (Sep 10)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Chip Christian (Sep 08)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Randy Witlicki (Sep 07)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Siglite (Sep 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: SMTP Firewall Kenneth_W_Fox (Sep 08)
- Re: SMTP Firewall Roy Stevens (Sep 08)