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
