> Can someone share a  good reference that says that smtp-protocol-fixup
> can be safely disabled without compromising the security.
>
> Apparently the Cisco guys themselves dont own up to their bug and they
> say disabling anything is at "ones own risk".
>
> That is enough to get the boot from the (so called! )  security team.

Well, I think this smtp fixup designed to protect poor smtp servers
like microsoft exchange? or poorly configured smtp servers..

Anyway, looks like cisco smtp fixup contains lot of bugs like:

http://www.arschkrebs.de/postfix/postfix_cisco_pix_bugs.shtml
http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/networks/2009/11/26/cisco-firewall-smtp-fixup-considered-harmful/

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Eero

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