--On 13 December 2010 09:59:48 -0500 W B Hacker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ian Eiloart wrote: >> >> There's still an issue that almost 50% of servers don't identify >> themselves in the banner. Security Space don't look any further, even >> though issuing "HELP" and "HELO" can supposedly popular servers such as >> qmail. > > Ian - 50%? Actually, it's more than 50% - about 55%. Part of that will be sysadmins doing security by obscurity. Part will be developers simply not putting the information in the default banner; qmail for example. Part may be connection to hosts that aren't actually MTAs. I suspect the second item is the largest part, but don't really know. > > Surprised it is that high, even though I am one of those paranoid. > (Custom banner with no more than TOD). > -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
