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From: maxwell@umbi.umd.edu (Andy Maxwell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Security of Proxy on FreeBSD?
Date: 4 Jun 1996 01:52:32 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
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Hi there,
I'm running a FreeBSD machine as a dual-homed host on both the public
'net and a private 10.x.x.x intranet. Everything is commented out of the
inetd.conf (I mean _everything_), and I'm running Netscape's Proxy on the
box.
I'm using this application level gateway for my users to get onto the net
safely while making my boss happy ("How do I know these people aren't
wasting time looking at Playnerd?").
How safe is this setup? I'd think that with all services removed, it
would be pretty tight. The big risk, of course, is Netscape's proxy...
Thanks in advance,
Andy Maxwell-