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Server side SMTP blocking

tommymargot

Hi Everyone,

I am currently in the process of trailing Sophos Endpoint secuity for our company. So far, it has excedeed my expectations. Just one point of interest i thought i would engage you on and get your opinions.

We have been for years, using McAfee, which has the capability to block outgoing SMTP (port 25) connections. Sophos Client Firewall has this option which has been tried and works great. However, we also have been blocking SMTP on our server systems, with the exception of select processes. Sophos does not provide a server side firewall to do this.

Wondering if anyone else sees the point to continuing blocking this. Or if anyone else is doign this, how is this being accomplished?

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    Hello tommymargot ,

    Wondering if anyone else sees the point to continuing blocking this

    Interesting question. Now I would rule out compliance (i.e. forcing the use of certain applications and banning the rest) or limiting an application (i.e. preventing  a certain program from performing a specific action not required for its main purpose) as a reason for using a firewall on a server. That leaves (if I haven't forgotten something) malware which escaped other security measures. We are not talking about terminal servers? 

    In the past - have processes been blocked on the servers and which ones?

    Christian

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    Hello tommymargot ,

    Wondering if anyone else sees the point to continuing blocking this

    Interesting question. Now I would rule out compliance (i.e. forcing the use of certain applications and banning the rest) or limiting an application (i.e. preventing  a certain program from performing a specific action not required for its main purpose) as a reason for using a firewall on a server. That leaves (if I haven't forgotten something) malware which escaped other security measures. We are not talking about terminal servers? 

    In the past - have processes been blocked on the servers and which ones?

    Christian

    :20707
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