Re: Sendmail Weirdness, Or Welcome to WinHat 7.1

[Trond Eivind Glomsrød]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> On 16 Jul 2001, Trond Eivind [iso-8859-1] Glomsrød wrote:
> 
> > Bsst... it haven been allowing relays for a loong time (RHL 5.0?
> > Perhaps even earlier).
> 
>  WHOA! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
>  I've been getting flamed for 2 days over wanting RedHat to install an
> open-relay mailserver.

I think most people thought you meant the "don't accept connections
from outside your computer" security change.

Installing with open relay is utterly and completely unacceptable, if
not restricted via firewalls or other measures. 

> Now you're saying that mail relays aren't and weren't a problem. Back
> to my original question. what reasonable justification is there for not
> allowing the Mail Transport Agent to receive mail?

Improve security - if a remote exploit is found, this configuration is
not vulnerable. At the same time, local users can still send mail.

-- 
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.



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