From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 01:45:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DF637B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 01:45:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from doar2.weizmann.ac.il (doar2.weizmann.ac.il [132.77.22.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 678CD43F75 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 01:45:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il) Received: from uma.weizmann.ac.il (uma.weizmann.ac.il [132.77.26.36]) by doar2.weizmann.ac.il (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5O8j6RL010865; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:45:07 +0300 (IDT) Received: from udp001791uds.weizmann.ac.il (udp001791uds.weizmann.ac.il [132.77.21.202]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by uma.weizmann.ac.il (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h5O8c9n29859; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:38:09 +0300 (IDT) From: Benzi Mizrahi To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:40:52 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-8-i" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il> Subject: Re: Re-building sendmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:45:17 -0000 =E1=E9=E5=ED =F9=EC=E9=F9=E9, 24 =E1=E9=E5=F0=E9 2003, 06:06, Bill Campbell= =EB=FA=E1: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:58:20PM +1000, Martin Ryan wrote: > >> >What's the best way to rebuild sendmail with DB4? > >> > >> For an excellent fix for sendmail see: > >> http://www.postfix.org/ > >> > >> Bill > > > >Bill, > > > >Have you ever had the experience where you ask a question related to some > >aspect of FreeBSD and some clever individual advises the best fix is to > >uninstall FreeBSD and install Linux? > > > >If so, what's your opinion of people who offer such "assistance" ? > > I've had those experiences, and still say that given the security problems > and other issues with sendmail, I would strongly recommend replacing it > with an MTA that's more secure, easier to configure, and more efficient. > > When I first connected our systems to the Internet over ten years ago, the > CERT advisories on sendmail were about the size of a Manhattan phone book. > Over the years, it has proven one of the most common sources of security > holes on *ix systems, although BIND had recently been vying for the title. > So you might suggest replacing it DJB DNS??? > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) > 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > ``It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men = of > their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or > so incoherent that they cannot be understood.'' > -James Madison, Federalist Paper #62 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"