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List:       ipcop-user
Subject:    Re: [IPCop-user] new user questions....
From:       David Taylor <daveytay () paradise ! net ! nz>
Date:       2007-10-29 10:55:39
Message-ID: 001901c81a1a$3e9170d0$c800a8c0 () bigfrank07
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Gene Campbell wrote:
> Hello,  I'm just going to down the road of building up a firewall to
> sit in front of
> my DMZ which at this point is going to run a webserver.

Cool

> 
> I would like to run a pop, smtp and possible webmail.  I'm wondering
> anyone is doing this
> with ipcop as your firewall?

No, it is a firewall with some basic http proxy

> 
> I can think of a couple ways to do it (note, I'm a programmer, not an
> network/security pro.)
> 
> 1.  Put the mail services on another server in the green network, and
> make them available
> from the outside through a VPN on the ipcop machine.

Put them on a different orange server and use port forwarding?

> 
> 2.  Put postfix, or qmail on the ipcop box (not sure how wise this is,
> or easy.)
> 

No, use a different distro if you go down that road.
Something like Clark Connect or Endian, or Contribs.org

> 3.  Use something else:  smeserver?  seems like overkill.
> 
> gene
> 
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