Unsure. I know that RedHat Linux 6.2 used to do the same thing, even if you told the installer specifically NOT to install it. You then have to manually disable it and uninstall it. I'm unaware of sendmail's track record (only recently got into security stuff). Can you recommend some links regarding this ??
Eli 14/05/02 17:34:42, Terry Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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 > > "There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones.." - Dire Straits
