From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 19 0:40:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D38F637B41B for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (faro [192.168.1.7]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA87245; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 03:39:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 03:39:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill X-Sender: chris@localhost To: Sunny Dale Cc: Mark Filipak , Ken McGlothlen , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Are you sure? In-Reply-To: <3CBFC40F.9000904@gmx.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Sunny Dale wrote: > Chris Hill wrote: > > >On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Mark Filipak wrote: > >>One more thing about my quest for the perfect gateway + firewall + www > >>server + mail + LAN server: GallantWEB has browser configurability -- > >>that is, you create accounts and even apply patches through the > >>browser's (http) interface. Does plain-vanilla FBSD have such a > >>facility? > >> > > > >There is a thing called WebMin which I *think* has this functionality; > >never used it myself. > is that really a good idea to install webmin on a firewall? Maybe not, I don't know. As I said, I've never used it. I only mentioned it because Mark asked about such a capability, and I knew of webmin's existence. My guess is that it may not be a problem if the firewall is configured properly; but it really all depends on how paranoid one is. Some folks say that the outside-exposed machine should be *only* a firewall + gateway, and that all other functions should be delegated to inside machines. To me, this is a matter of ("personal preference" || "security philosophy"). YMMV. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message