B Beck, 2002-Mar-05 13:18 -0600: > Greetings all > > I'm currently building a firewall/router based on GNU/debian. This is my first time >with such a project as I have previously used pre-packaged or configured firewalling >solutions. I'd like the control of building it myself this time :) I'm using a >minimal debian 3.0 (woody) install on a P60 with ~80MB RAM and a 1.6GB Hard Disk. >I've compiled the 2.2.20 kernel with the corresponding LIDS patches for this as I'd >like to use the TrinityOS ipchains ruleset in the native 2.2.* environment for >ipchains, at least until I can translate the ruleset to iptables. > However, my question/concern is this: I'm looking for an MTA to satisfy >dependencies for cron and logcheck. I don't have alot of experience with Mail >Transport Agents and I'm looking for others' input on what is perhaps the smallest >and easiest configurable for my needs. I'm looking for minimal usage...basically >only needed for local delivery to the root/postmaster account for notification of log >anomalies, snort, and lids warnings, etc. > I've also considered setting up a loghost over a serial connection and perhaps this >would be a better way to deliver such messages? > Can anyone share some insight on this and perhaps some howto links? > > ------- > > regards, > > Brad Beck - linux guru in beta
I use Postfix on my firewall and it's been great. Exim is also easy to configure from what I hear. Be sure your configuration does NOT allow for mail relay. :-) jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
