Miller, Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can't find this in the mailing list archives (perhaps I'm not searching well
> enough) but is EHLO really a security vulnerability in qmail?

No.  All EHLO tells an attacker is your hostname, plus that you support
8BITMIME and PIPELINING.

> ISS reports that EHLO can be used by potential attackers.

Who is ISS?  I think they're either badly mistaken or spreading FUD.

Charles
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