[TriLUG] Open source spam control & filtering?

[Chad Thomsen]

How difficult is this stuff to setup and manage?  I am a linux newbie and
have managed to successfully get a snort/centos/apachee/php  box up and
running here at work.  Only thing left is to get bleeding snort with
oinkmaster working on it.

I first thought of open source when I was looking at Barracuda.  Barracuda
is based off of Linux/Spam Assissn which made me think "Why can't I build my
own "baraccuda" box?"  My major concerns are:  How much time to manage it?
How long to get up to speed with it?  How is the support/longevity of the
software (will it go comercial like snort/nessus)?

I was also curious as to what you all run in the corporate envrionment.

Thanks!

Chad

On 12/21/05, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 21 Dec 2005 21:24:47 -0500, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > ps. If you want to filter and monitor internet browsing then look at
> > Squid/SquidGuard. Running Squid in Active mode (with outbound port 80
> > being forwarded at the firewall to the Squid box) lets you
> > filter/monitor your users without their ever being aware of it.
> >
> > You can do some very amazing stunts like forward a request to load a
> > porn site on to someplace like:
> >   http://www.veganporn.com/faq.pl
>
> Ah heck Jon, I went there expecting to see lurid photos of juicy
> T-bones, not a cartoon of a cow riding a carrot! <G>
>
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