Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:15:02 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail greeting Message-ID: <448.903078902@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:11:31 EDT." <199808140111.VAA02156@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote in message ID <199808140111.VAA02156@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>: > It's widely understood that giving detailed version information away > to attackers is a Bad Idea. Why does the default sendmail.cf leave > the default sendmail greeting? Type `help' and see :) And yes, the machines I run locally have that turned off also... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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