As much as I dislike Sendmail, the current version is "secure" I guess they haven't found any major security flaws with it *yet*. I hate sendmail, and its track record is less than impressive. But Sendmail is/has set the standard in SMTP, so you do have to give it that.
Thanks Mike -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dunlap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sendmail 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
