SUGGESTON FOR: HIGH END MAIL SERVER

Res res at ausics.net
Mon Feb 19 21:52:01 UTC 2007


On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, security wrote:

> Robert Canary a écrit :
>> security wrote:
>>> Robert Canary:
>>>> Huh?  What security holes??
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19714
>> fixed 8.13.8, but like so what.  Sendmail spawns new processes.  DOS
>> one process and another will open for the next mail request. For
>> sendmail you can only DOS the spawn you opened.
>>
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18433
>> The vendor has released version 8.13.7 to address this issue.
>>
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17192
>> The vendor has released version 8.13.6 to address this issue.
>>
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17207
>>> ...
>>> ...
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Yes , so???? I write that sendmail has more security problems that
> postfix, not sendmail has currently unfixed security holes :)


*yawn*

you fail to take into account how long sendmail has been around as agaisnt 
how long postfix has been around, also userbase of each, in time postfix
will be the same.


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Res

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