Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:38:40 -0400 From: Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net> To: markm@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POP daemon Message-ID: <3EEE5500.50803@netzero.net> References: <200306161821.h5GILtHh090812@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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I rather enjoy the benifits of Qpopper. http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/ markm@freebsd.org wrote: > Dave writes: > >>What would be a good POP daemon to use? I know there are a few in the >>mail ports. Are they any good? > > > This question is impossible to answer. :-) "Hey! You have CD's! Are > any of them any good?" "Of course they are! That's why I bought > them??!" > > >>What I mean by good is 'secure as possible' (is there really such thing as >>being totally secure / invulnerable?) > > > You need to help folks when asking very open questions like this. > > 1) What is your threat model? > a) What are you trying to protect? > b) How badly do your attackers want this? > c) How much can you afford for resources to thwart this? > > 2) What research have you already done? > a) You should have knowlege of a set of features and be asking > about those. > b) you should already know which are blatantly _not_ suitable > and why. > > 3) Why does this question not belong in newbies@/questions@? > The use of the word "secure" is not enough. > > Without pre-empting the above, you won't get useful answers. It's > like asking "What car should I get?", without disclosing that you > are a family man, and that a Ferrari is useless compared with an RV. > > M > -- > Mark Murray > iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- end Cheers! Kirk D Bailey think http://www.howlermonkey.net/ +-----+ http://www.tinylist.org/ http://www.listville.net/ | BOX | http://www.sacredelectron.org/ +-----+ "Thou art free"-ERIS think 'Got a light?'-Promethieus .
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