Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:18:29 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= <ache@nagual.ru> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2). Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961117211243.223A-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <199611180225.FAA01413@nagual.ru>
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Incorrect. Sendmail still attempts a lookup for something, I think it is the local hostname, for each piece of mail it processes. Last I checked, this could NOT be disabled without recompiling sendmail. Modifying your config file or adding a service.switch file does not stop it. Normally this isn't a problem without DNS since the query will fail right away and sendmail will go on its happy way, but it is a big problem when you have a machine with some type of dial on demand networking setup that gets mail via uucp. Followups should go somewhere more appropriate, perhaps hackers if it is remotely technical or chat if not. =20 On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, [KOI8-R] =E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7 wrote: > > Sendmail's support of UUCP isn't wonderful (mostly a problem of > > getting DNS totally disabled). How well does qmail support UUCP? >=20 > It is possible to totally disable DNS via >=20 > /etc/service.switch: > # To disable DNS search for sendmail > hosts files >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Andrey A. Chernov > <ache@nagual.ru> > http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/ >=20
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