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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

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