On Tue 06 Oct 1998, Robert Woodcock wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, what's the security track record on smail vs exim > for the last two years? The standard MTA should have a chance of being > secure from remote attacks for at least a year after release.
In the words of Philip Hazel (the Exim author): I'm not trying to hold up Exim as a great secure system. I have tried my best to make it secure within the limits of the way it operates, and to describe it as well as I can. The code is there for anyone to read. It is up to you to decide whether to run it or not. Of course I am pleased when people choose to run my code, but as I am not selling it, I do not have to advertise or try to persuade anybody. You can read the rest of the story at http://www.mailbot.com/cgi-bin/archives/getln?eximusr&1998-09&00332 . I personally have confidence in Exim's quality in this regard. Demon (a large ISP in the UK and the Netherlands, www.demon.net) uses Exim as its customer-facing smtp interface, so I guess that they're convinced as well. Paul Slootman -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | debian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wurtel.demon.nl | Murphy Software, Enschede, the Netherlands