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Date:      Mon, 18 Nov 1996 07:04:17 +0100
From:      roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2).
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19961118070417.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961117211243.223A-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca>; from Marc Slemko on Nov 17, 1996 21:18:29 -0700
References:  <199611180225.FAA01413@nagual.ru> <Pine.BSF.3.95.961117211243.223A-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca>

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According to Marc Slemko:
> 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.

No, use FEATURE(nocanonify). Been running with this without DNS for ages.
 
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
  FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #28: Sun Nov 10 13:37:41 MET 1996



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