Archaic wrote: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:15:49AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >>No, not really. It has been quite stable the last five years or so. > > > Stable != secure. Sendmail's vulnerability history followed it into this > millenium. Granted, it has slow down of late. But what irks me the most > about sendmail is that once a vuln is found there is generally a dance > of 1-2 more vulns directly related to the "fix" of the first one. Add to > that its poor ideas on queue flushing methods and you have a recipe for > trouble as is witnessed everytime we have to shut down sendmail for some > reason, even if momentarily. Some of us are forced to use it, and some > actually like it. > > I don't know which group I pity more. ;) <- NOTE: Shameless jab at > Bruce (in jest, of course). :D >
Friend of mine asked me, what is this all about - "So, when I am using sendmail, it's as if I use Outlook?" - I've explained that difference to her, but this newbie question is pointing to same... hopefully just circumstances :) ======================================================================== Podporte sveho upira kliknutim na http://www.monstersgame.co.uk/?ac=vid&vid=11017959 Pokud se rovnou zaregistrujete a pridate, tim lepe :) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-security FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
