Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 11:19:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Joe <flaboy@gnv.fdt.net> Cc: Anders Hanssen <andersbsd@bacchus.elanders.no>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: configuring sendmail to be more anonymous. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905011117520.388-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9905011107360.1085-100000@yoda.fdt.net>
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On Sat, 1 May 1999, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 1 May 1999, Anders Hanssen wrote: > > > Hi, when I telnet to port 25 this happens: > > > > % telnet localhost 25 > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > Connected to localhost.wax.nu. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > 220 bodway.wax.nu ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.1; Sat, 1 May 1999 12:28:07 +0200 > > (CEST) > > helo wax.nu > > 250 bodway.wax.nu Hello localhost.wax.nu [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you > > quit > > % > > > > What I want to do is to prevent sendmail from telling that much. Does anyone > > know if it is possible, and where I can set this? I'm curious, why would this be helpful? If they got to your site, they have your IP number, and if they have your IP number, they can use DNS to get your site name. Why stop sendmail from sending that out? I'm not being fascetious, I'm not a security whiz, and I'm honestly curious. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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