Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 09:35:31 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: configuring sendmail to be more anonymous. Message-ID: <19990501213728.LDMS6952170.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905011117520.388-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9905011107360.1085-100000@yoda.fdt.net>
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On 1 May 99, at 11:19, Chuck Robey wrote: > I'm curious, why would this be helpful? If they got to your site, they > have your IP number, and if they have your IP number, they can use DNS to > get your site name. Why stop sendmail from sending that out? > > I'm not being fascetious, I'm not a security whiz, and I'm honestly > curious. Perhaps they don't want to advertise which version of sendmail they are using? -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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