[tech] new moray

David Luyer luyer at zip.com.au
Thu Nov 18 17:54:13 WST 1999


> Well, we've never had _performance_ problems with sendmail - and even
> if it's hard to configure it's fully featured, well documented and
> proven. (A proven cause of root-level security holes mind you, but not
> recently. ::-) )

Read about the use of some 'minor' 8.8.8 holes recently?  You can subvert port
25.. not quite root takeover but still useful.  And the holes were silently
fixed since they were thought non-harmful.

David.
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