Tom I'm a complete beginner at this, just 67 years old, so you will please excuse me if I comment on your response.
Obviously I didn't know what Gen-Auth is, so thanks for the heads-up. As far as biting hands is concerned, I respectfully suggest you read what I said before you put in your two cents. p@trick is at liberty to respond on his own behalf. You have absolutely no right to conclude that I am biting his hand. True, I'm biting yours! What are we discussing here? E-mail Security! None of this is signed, who might be posting on your behalf? Is this message from me? Who am I anyway? (I might be the a criminal posting through an anonymous relay!) I had already done a search on p@trick and know, in theory only, know who he might be. Same goes for you. If an authentication mechanism is offered.... Just my 2 penny worth. ( my excuse for indulging in flame warfare. ) Charles Bradshaw (Secure is as secure does. E-mail is the No1 cracking vector) On: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:25:39 +0200, Tom Kinghorn wrote > On 15/01/2013 14:11, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > > Hi Patrick > > > > I would do as you ask, but it's bad security to download anything from a > > mailing list and just run it. Especially something as long and complex as > > gen-auth, at which I can only have a quick and un-informed look. > > > > Given that I don't know who you are, give me some more info. Who are you? > > How > > can I authenticate you? What is the script you want me to run? In the light > > of > > no definitive answer from cyrus-sasl, your answer is plausible only. > > > > Understand I'm running sendmail and only just thinking about switching to > > postfix. The server I'm configuring is running SELinux enforcing which has > > its > > own foibles. > > > > Will a test of CRAM-MD5 with the installed cyrus-sasl libraries tell you > > anything? I'm pretty confident it will work! LOL > > > > I am willing and happy to co-operate. How should I trust you? > > > > Charles Bradshaw > > > > > Hi Charles. > > Gen-Auth has nothing to do with the list and is a well known & > highly used script for generating SMTP auth credentials for use in > smtp testing. As far as P@trick is concerned, do not bite the hand > that feeds you. P@trick has helped dozens of people on this list and > is highly trustworthy relating to the information passed. use Google > and search for p@trick and you will see the contributions he had > made to many a list. > > just my 2cents worth. > > regards > Tom ------- End of Original Message -------
