From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 14 15:12:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25322 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:12:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (ts02-002.dublin.indigo.ie [194.125.134.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25279 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:12:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id XAA01115; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:06:38 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199808142206.XAA01115@indigo.ie> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:06:37 +0000 In-Reply-To: <199808140111.VAA02156@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; Garrett Wollman Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Files: The truth is out there X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Garrett Wollman , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail greeting Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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