From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 07:34:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B0937B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:34:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from barryg.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A2143F3F for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:34:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by barryg.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id A5956639A7; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:34:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:34:28 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030624073427.A24180@barryg.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200306241140.52840.vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il>; from vsbenzi@weizmann.ac.il on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:40:52AM +0300 Subject: Re: Re-building sendmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:34:34 -0000 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:40:52AM +0300, Benzi Mizrahi wrote: >ביום שלישי, 24 ביוני 2003, 06:06, Bill Campbell כתב: .... >> When I first connected our systems to the Internet over ten years ago, the >> CERT advisories on sendmail were about the size of a Manhattan phone book. >> Over the years, it has proven one of the most common sources of security >> holes on *ix systems, although BIND had recently been vying for the title. >> > >So you might suggest replacing it DJB DNS??? We did that about two years ago when the BIND 8 holes were appearing hot and heavy. An added benefit of djbdns is the rbldns server which makes it very easy to implement DNS based realtime blackhole lists. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS.