Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:34:28 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re-building sendmail Message-ID: <20030624073427.A24180@barryg.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il>; from vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:40:52AM %2B0300 References: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il>
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:40:52AM +0300, Benzi Mizrahi wrote: >ביום שלישי, 24 ביוני 2003, 06:06, Bill Campbell כתב: .... >> 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??? We did that about two years ago when the BIND 8 holes were appearing hot and heavy. An added benefit of djbdns is the rbldns server which makes it very easy to implement DNS based realtime blackhole lists. 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/ DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS.
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