Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:21:55 +0100 From: markm@freebsd.org To: Dave <mudman@metafocus.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POP daemon Message-ID: <200306161821.h5GILtHh090812@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:03:01 PDT." <20030616105955.U11598@metafocus.net>
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Dave writes:
> What would be a good POP daemon to use? I know there are a few in the
> mail ports. Are they any good?
This question is impossible to answer. :-) "Hey! You have CD's! Are
any of them any good?" "Of course they are! That's why I bought
them??!"
> What I mean by good is 'secure as possible' (is there really such thing as
> being totally secure / invulnerable?)
You need to help folks when asking very open questions like this.
1) What is your threat model?
a) What are you trying to protect?
b) How badly do your attackers want this?
c) How much can you afford for resources to thwart this?
2) What research have you already done?
a) You should have knowlege of a set of features and be asking
about those.
b) you should already know which are blatantly _not_ suitable
and why.
3) Why does this question not belong in newbies@/questions@?
The use of the word "secure" is not enough.
Without pre-empting the above, you won't get useful answers. It's
like asking "What car should I get?", without disclosing that you
are a family man, and that a Ferrari is useless compared with an RV.
M
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Mark Murray
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