On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Sweth Chandramouli wrote: > presumably be another potential point of compromise), and Jeff was > responding that he didn't think that it made sense to require an > SMTP server on every machine. Note that, in the scenario being > described, something listening on port 25 of every workstation _is_ > necessary; that's the entire point of the suggestion. Thank you! I'm glad somebody managed to not get confused. > MTAs can be run in local-delivery-only mode: I, personally, would > probably opt for a single login mechanism on a secure server, rather > than a push mechanism to get the files to the admin workstations. It's Agreed. My intent in asking the question was actually focused more on how the login mechanism should work. Should admin workstations be allowed to log in? Should physical presence on the loghost be required? -Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private
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