----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [Courier-imap] change banner imap
>On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:31:31PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >Hi, Sam - i wouldn't mind changing that banner too. The reason - i don't >> want people knowing what IMAP server i ran. Just like my postfix is >> giving >> generic smtp banner. Even if i patch everything ontime, there maybe >> specific >> scripted attacks. Now - i haven't seen any serious security issues with >> Courier (thank you and all the other coders), so it's not an urgent >> problem, >> but still.... >> >Well, security through obscurity is not very sound. Besides, hiding >what IMAP server you run, while allowing people to use insecure >clear-text protocols seems sort of like rearranging deck chairs on the >Titanic. > >If your system is properly secured, it should not matter if people know >what IMAP server (or really any other server) you are running. I know all of that, Roberto. I don't run IMAP cleartext - not even on local network. I don't want a script connecting with SSL to se that banner - that's how paraniod i am. For example - i once sanitzed a sympa mailing list server of any identifying marks... As i said - it's not a big deal, but for me - it's still an issue. Vadim > >Regards, > >-Roberto > >-- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Courier-imap mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
