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Date:      Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:08:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@swimsuit.internet.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail.8.9.1a patch
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811051703370.6164-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811052216001.29212-100000@gina.swimsuit.internet.dk>

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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Leif Neland wrote:

> Could somebody please apply the sendmail-8.9.1a patch to
> /usr/src/contrib/sendmail?

Let's hope not, at least not as the default.  From
sendmail.8.9.1a.patch.README

Introduction

[snip]
     It is important to note that sendmail itself is not
     vulnerable to these attacks.
[snip]

Tradeoffs

     As this patch requires scanning the body of the message for
     MIME indicators, there will be a performance penalty to run
     this code.





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