RE: FN-FORUM: Firewall's ... again

date posted 25th June 2003 15:52

If they are not running any services and the email is picked up from a pop
server elsewhere then the default set-up of smoothwall is right. It is only
when you want your own web/mail/chat whatever server that you need to
configure smoothwall to allow those services to be available to the outside
world. It is then suggested that these servers exist in what is called a
De-Militarised Zone (DMZ) or in smoothwall speak the orange interface.

Guy Weatherburn
The e-Guy Limited
Phone: 01793-873514
Mobile: 07968-535474
Web: http://www.e-guy.co.uk

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Sent: 25 June 2003 14:49
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Firewall's ... again


I am in the process of setting up a smoothwall here so that I can talk a
client through it (similar set up to yours except they already have an
NT4 server).

One question so far - I have not yet found documentation on what I need
to configure. For example, this client probably only wants web browsing
and email - everything else can be blocked. Is this what smoothwall does
by default?

Anyway, if you want to compare notes, feel free to contact me.

David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Server, ASP & VB Programming.

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