[ale] Which /etc/services to allow for secure web browsing &email ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Ed,

Thank you kindly for the considered remarks on my request for
recommendations.

You're right, I was not referring to providing but rather... being provided
for... my LAN members.

Given that,..... your further comments are similarly requested.

Appreciatively,

Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Cashin" <ecashin at noserose.net>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Which /etc/services to allow for secure web browsing
&email ?


> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Courtney Thomas
> <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > My services file has thousands of entries. I assume those
> > without # at the beginning are enabled.
> >
> > What I was thinking was to make a copy of it and edit out almost
everything
> > or
> > possibly better yet,.... create a new minimized one rather than trying
to
> > digest
> > the myriad entries .
> >
> > What minimum should remain to permit secure web browsing and email  ?
>
> As others have pointed out, /etc/services is a database, really,
> and not so much a configuration file.  It's a list of services and the
> related ports.
>
> But to answer your question a little, I'd like to recommend the
> mini_httpd web server.
>
>   http://www.acme.com/software/mini_httpd/
>
> It's stable, secure, old, and practical.  It supports SSL and
> is pretty easy to master.  With that under your belt you'd be
> able to move beyond minimal (e.g. onto apache) if you need
> to.
>
> For email service, it depends on what you want.  It's a bit
> complicated, and I am having trouble coming up with anything
> simple that would provide SMTP and IMAP, for example, in
> a secure way.  Email and security is a complex and interesting
> and/or frustrating topic!
>
> Oops.
>
> You might not have been trying to provide web browsing and
> email to clients but to yourself.  Oh well, I'll hit "send" anyway.
>
> -- 
>   Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
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