Topic: SME Security

[Eddy]

Am I better to use sme in server only mode with smoothwall in front to use sme as mail, web and file server... or just sme in server gateway mode on it's own..?

Thanks

[NickR]

Smoothwall / IPCop provide a more configurable firewall, but if you don't need the flexibility, the firewall in the SME is perfectly adequate.

Remember that it's the services that run on open ports which are the potential vulnerabilities, not the firewall per se.

I've only ever had one user become compromised & that was because he'd set the root password to something easily cracked & had ssh running on the external interface.

QED