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Electronic Mail Policies
Both primary and secondary mail servers will be inside the firewall. All messages will be scanned for viruses and other maligned content by gateway-based anti-virus software.
Users will be able retrieve email through Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) or Post Office Protocol (POP3) services, from inside the network. From outside the network, users will be allowed to access their mail only using "Web mail" service available through IIML Web page. Authentication is enforced for retrieving the messages.
Email servers will be configured to refuse to relay any email addressed to non-IIML domains.
The Institute Web server (http://www.iiml.ac.in) will be placed inside the firewall in the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ). All the other Web servers will be hosted in the internal network. All HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from outside to internal Web servers will be processed through the firewall and appropriate reverse proxy servers.
All files downloaded over WWW will be scanned for viruses or other malign content using gateway-based anti-virus software and content analyser.
Formal Nonmathematical Constructs
Service | Policy | Policy Statement | |||
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Inside to Outside | Outside to Inside | ||||
Status | Authentication | Status | Authentication | ||
HTTP | Y | N | N | - | All WWW servers |
Web Mail | Y | Y | Y | Y | Web Mail |
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