Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 14:21:44 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Roderick <hruodr@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sendmail Message-ID: <E04D2766-DBB7-4BEE-986E-4462096B634C@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1907011156350.1062@fbsd.local> References: <CAL2OhpoSxnK2Uy_OKxqnWyXuqg=tNBm6wy2r1%2BukVWwPnPrj0g@mail.gmail.com> <20190630092535.7913d305.freebsd@edvax.de> <D25B22FD-2164-4281-AE21-9C5FD188AA38@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1907010639210.1006@fbsd.local> <A3CEF82D-B71D-4B4F-87AD-E3408559DE26@boosten.org> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1907011156350.1062@fbsd.local>
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> Op 1 jul. 2019, om 14:02 heeft Roderick <hruodr@gmail.com> het = volgende geschreven: >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, Peter Boosten via freebsd-questions wrote: >=20 >> _and_ that sendmail is based on a single executable, while other MTAs >> spread the tasks over several. >=20 > Is that really so bad? Why people do not hammer exim, the standard MTA = in > debian, for the same reason? Does it have advantages that neutralizes = it? Exim has its share of vulnerabilities right now = (https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-rce-vulnerability-impacts-nearly-half-o= f-the-internets-email-servers/ = <https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-rce-vulnerability-impacts-nearly-half-o= f-the-internets-email-servers/>). The thing with a single executable is that it runs as root, while with = postfix most services run as =E2=80=98postfix=E2=80=99. Peter=
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