Re: Inter-Network Mail Guide

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From: Andy Linton
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 18:18

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In article <Bx9opq.36C@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> marka@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Mark Andrews) writes:
>Not all that strange. DSTO is Defence Science and Technology Organization.
>I would expect them to prevent any unknow traffic from crossing their
>routers.

I'd have thought that allowing email traffic through the routers
wasn't exactly permitting "known" traffic. The choice of allowing SMTP
and not ICMP packets is what seems strange.

I'd have thought they'd be better served by having an MX record for
each of their hosts (NOT a wild card MX) which pointed to a small set
of firewall machines.

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