Well, actually I already have iptables running. I have only the ports open that need to be open and only running the services that are needed. I was really looking for what people thought about firewalls protecting webservers and such. I mean not just iptables but the whole ball of wax, the tools for monitoring, etc.
Ports I use:
SMTP 25 WWW ports 80 and 443 IMAPS port 993 and the SSH ports
-----Original Message----- From: Frank Wiles
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:05:45 -0500 "aaron hirsch"
Why tell anyone here are the ports you will need to have
open when all
... http/https. Why open the door further than it needs to be?
I wasn't trying to give him advice on how to run his E-mail setup.
The listing of the ports was just an example to help illustrate why running a firewall in front of an E-mail server is typically pointless.
I apologize if that wasn't clear.