SUGGESTON FOR: HIGH END MAIL SERVER

Robert Canary rwcanary at ocdirect.net
Fri Feb 16 14:50:29 UTC 2007


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
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> 
>> Ben wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, security wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Which is the best MTA to handle mail services ?? ( Qmail, POSTFIX
>>>>> -- or any other )
>>>> Postfix is a good choice, but it seems that sendmail is faster
>>>> (there is
>>>> more security holes, but .. it run faster)
>>> Hasn't anyone thought of Exim (-:
>>>
>>> Ben
>>
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