From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 19 10:12:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ruhr.de (in-ruhr4.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 089FA37B69D for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:12:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 23081 invoked by uid 10); 19 Feb 2001 18:12:34 -0000 Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.ruhr.de (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f1JIBT055843 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:11:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ue) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:11:29 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security settings documentation Message-ID: <20010219191129.C2171@nathan.ruhr.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200102151422.f1FEM1J70621@cwsys.cwsent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102151422.f1FEM1J70621@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:21:23AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, > Agreed, -bd is not mandatory. One could run Sendmail out of inetd > using -bs or hide it behind Obtuse Systems Smtpd (smtpd) port, which > implements a Qmail-like or postfix-like approach using Sendmail. or you could tell sendmail to listen on lo0 only. In other words, start it with -bd -oOA=127.0.0.1. Which results in: tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.* LISTEN If you want sendmail to listen on more interfaces, add more -oOA options. /s/Udo -- "The only reasonable alternative we can come up with is to close off the Internet to America Online users until they have passed an entrance test. But that would break federal laws that prohibit discrimination against the intellectually challenged." - hhahn@boardwatch.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message