From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 12 17:35:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA27057 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 17:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA27043 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 17:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ab22535; 13 Jul 96 1:35 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id ad23087; 13 Jul 96 1:24 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA02678; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:00:09 GMT Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:00:09 GMT Message-Id: <199607130000.AAA02678@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.6.13 on FreeBSD 2.1R Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr (Eric Berenguier) writes: > > Hello, > I'm using FreeBSD release 2.1. The sendmail version on this release > is the 8.6.12. I'm using on a computer that will be part of a firewall, > therefore i need very secure software. > Cert advisory CA 96-04 says that sendmail should be upgraded to version 8.6.13 > But 8.6.13 doesn't compile with FreeBSD (i've taken it from berkeley ftp). Perhaps it would be better to FTP down the sendmail code from the current source on ftp.freebsd.org? This will be whatever version is regarded as safe (I hope!) and will have had any patches it needs to compile already applied. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/