From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 14 00:15:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA08020 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:15:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA08011 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:15:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA00452; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:15:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Garrett Wollman cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Sendmail greeting In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:11:31 EDT." <199808140111.VAA02156@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:15:02 -0400 Message-ID: <448.903078902@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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