SUGGESTON FOR: HIGH END MAIL SERVER

[Res]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Robert Canary wrote:

> 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.
>

They also seem to forget that sendmail accounts for 60% of the worlds MTA, 
qmail probably 35% and the rest 5%, now when postfix grows to a large 
userbase, its going to be a sure thing many bugs and dangerous security 
holes will be found.


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Res

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