Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:06:37 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail greeting Message-ID: <199808142206.XAA01115@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: <199808140111.VAA02156@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Aug 13, 9:11pm, Garrett Wollman wrote: } Subject: Sendmail greeting > 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? Au contraire, as soon as any potential hacker sees that you are running sendmail he will at once accept defeat. Niall -- Niall Smart, rotel@indigo.ie. Amaze your friends and annoy your enemies: echo '#define if(x) if (!(x))' >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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