RE: [Sheflug] Linux Proxy & Mail Server

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> At the moment I've got an XP Pro machine with a broadband 
> connection to the Internet and I'm running Proxy+ which 
> enables other users on the network to connect to the Internet 
> and it also downloads there emails and acts as an SMTP server.
> 
> I'm trying to find what the Linux alternatives are.  If 
> anyone's got any ideas I'd appreciate it.  I'm currently 
> running Mandrake 9.1.

Proxy: www.squid-cache.org - comes with most (if not all) distros.
Include something like squidguard for site blacklisting if you want.

Email: take yer pick... I like qmail or courier. Some swear by sendmail.
There are numerous others.

If you look at something like IPCop firewall (www.ipcop.org), it
includes squid. I don't know whether anyone has done a mail add-on.
You'd be better off using a mail server then inside your firewall.

Is your broadband USB or Ethernet terminated?

-- 
David


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