Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:18:20 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Todd C. Miller": sendmail changes in OpenBSD 2.4 Message-ID: <199811160018.QAA06460@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:10:34 PST." <21235.911167834@zippy.cdrom.com>
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In message <21235.911167834@zippy.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > Hmmm. This sounds like a rather large user hit to take, but one less > suid root executable (and an end to the other problems described > below) also has strong appeal. Comments? I like it. On a tangent, I've implemented a non-suid sendmail on a testbed about a year ago. It required that sendmail queue only, that sendmail process the queue from cron, and Obtuse Systems smtpd handle port 25. Programs run via .forward, e.g. MH's slocal, initially broke. Maybe this should be investigated further and possibly implemented. (Yes I am aware of Qmail, one of my subordinates uses it on machines he manages. That solution has its problems too.) Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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