Public Ethernet Connections [email access]

[Mark Ellis]

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lott [mailto:chrisl at muskox.alaska.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 1998 9:35 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Public Ethernet Connections


>> To prevent this, you should
>> block all traffic from your walk-in public network to port 25 (SMTP)
>> of remote hosts and of your own mail hosts.  You should also disable
>> relaying for that network on your own mail hosts, just to be on the
>> safe side.


>Doesn't this also prevent what is perhaps one of the top legitimate
reasons
>people might want to jack into the net in the first place?

Patrons usually want to use HotMail RocketMail, etc.  which are accessed
via HTTP not SMTP. You probably don't want them using your mail server,
so Chuck's advice makes sense.

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Mark Ellis
Network Support Analyst			Phone: (604) 231-6410
Richmond Public Library
Richmond, British Columbia
Email:mark.ellis at rpl.richmond.bc.ca
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