Due to the past bugs in the early/mid 90's the sendmail people did a security audit and fixed alot of the problems and tightened security. The most recent 'sendmail' bug was not a sendmail bug but a bug in some OS's that did not impliment a security feature correctly.
sendmail these days should be about as secure as any other mailer and its still pretty much the email standard. > Have you ever noticed that OpenBSD and FreeBSD install Sendmail as part > of their default installs? I just installed OpenBSD 2.9 today on a test > box (I know there are new versions). I was shocked to find Sendmail > running on this OS which claims to offer a "secure" default install. > > Granted, I checked the OpenBSD site regarding their implementation of > Sendmail, and they have made some security changes to it. However, given > its track record, why is Sendmail a part of the default installs on > these *BSD flavors? Why is it part of ANY default install??? > -- > Terry Dunlap, MCSE > Network Security > > Western Kentucky University > 1 Big Red Way, WAB 313 > Bowling Green, KY 42101 > 270.745.6909 > > rm -f /usr/bin/laden > > -- Richard Shetron [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] NO UCE What is the Meaning of Life? There is no meaning, It's just a consequence of complex carbon based chemistry; don't worry about it The Super 76, "Free Aspirin and Tender Sympathy", Las Vegas Strip.
