Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:40:52 +0300 From: Benzi Mizrahi <vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il> To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re-building sendmail Message-ID: <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> References: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com>
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=E1=E9=E5=ED =F9=EC=E9=F9=E9, 24 =E1=E9=E5=F0=E9 2003, 06:06, Bill Campbell= =EB=FA=E1: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:58:20PM +1000, Martin Ryan wrote: > >> >What's the best way to rebuild sendmail with DB4? > >> > >> For an excellent fix for sendmail see: > >> http://www.postfix.org/ > >> > >> Bill > > > >Bill, > > > >Have you ever had the experience where you ask a question related to some > >aspect of FreeBSD and some clever individual advises the best fix is to > >uninstall FreeBSD and install Linux? > > > >If so, what's your opinion of people who offer such "assistance" ? > > I've had those experiences, and still say that given the security problems > and other issues with sendmail, I would strongly recommend replacing it > with an MTA that's more secure, easier to configure, and more efficient. > > 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??? > 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/ > > ``It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men = of > their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or > so incoherent that they cannot be understood.'' > -James Madison, Federalist Paper #62 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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