My impression is that RH has gone overboard in their attempt to secure
`sendmail'. A working `sendmail' does not imply an insecure system.
There is a middle ground that results in a working mail system and a
secure system *without* any additional configuration on the part of a
sysadmin.
--- Vladimir
Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://www.leonora.org/~vladimir
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"JM" == John Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> On 16 Jul 2001 09:47:29 -0400, Chuck Mead wrote:
>> For a very, very long time Red Hat has been repeatedly accused of
>> releasing their distro in an insecure state... sendmail was always
>> released as an open relay, telnet was enabled by default, many,
>> many, many ports were left open to the world by default. So... in
>> response to this valid criticism Red Hat has now started doing the
>> exact opposite... they now release with default configurations in a
>> secure posture. I think it's important to note that in (my own
>> non-scientific estimate) 100% of the cases the previous
>> critique/accusation was being made by people who *are* capable of
>> fixing/locking down their own machines. The newbies don't care...
>> they just get owned and didn't know the difference anyway! So now
>> that the problem has been fixed does that mean that the same class
>> of people get to criticize Red Hat for *fixing* the problems they
>> were previously being bitched out for? I don't think so.
JM> THANK YOU Chuck!
JM> You literally read my mind :-)
JM> The thread is silly. Yes it is. RH has always been bitched at for being
JM> not "secure per default" enough, and now that things get a littler
JM> tighter there's massive complaining.
JM> I might agree with doc, that it should be slightly more documented (even
JM> though reading the RELEASE-NOTES is a must always.) just as the massive
JM> libwrap usage should have been publicized a bit more as well. But still
JM> this is the RIGHT way to go.
JM> Cheers,
JM> John
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