Re: [MLUG] Critical Vulnerability in Sendmail and a SnortVulnerability

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Russell Horn wrote:
> The other question is, of course, what features are you using that you
> can't run sendmail provided by your distro? Seems all the major distros
> had patches available within an hour of the announcement last night - if
> you are using some of the exoteric features of sendmail, perhaps moving
> could be more difficult.

It's not about the features, it's about my peace of mind. You just know that 
one patch is not going to do it, and eventually there'll be another patch to 
worry about. I have been running qmail for nearly 2 years now, and I haven't 
heard of a single critical problem with it. The only time I ever have to touch 
the system is to add or remove fake e-mail accounts :)

I agree with Ian though; qmail is a very non-standard (from Linux's point of 
view) system. That's why I switched to postfix on one of my new installations.

-- 
MK

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