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Postfix: A Secure and Easy-to-Use MTA

Posted by Hemos on from the learn-more-about-it dept.

BSD Forums writes "On March 3rd, 2003, Internet Security Systems, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, issued a warning regarding a hole found in Sendmail. The warning, echoed by CERT, warned system admins that any version lower than 8.12.8 was vulnerable to a serious root exploit. Sendmail has a long history of security holes, most of which have been thoroughly documented on security sites. While Sendmail runs half the mail servers in the world, there are smaller and easier-to-use mail transfer agents (MTAs). Network administrator Glenn Graham demonstrates how Postfix gives you most of the power with a fraction of the pain."

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  1. Lucky I'm on windows by Mhumble · · Score: 5, Funny

    Phew lucky I'm running exchange and don't have these damn sendmail SECURITY fixes to worry about ;)

  2. Re:heh. by capt.Hij · · Score: 5, Funny

    the department of homeland security is issuing security advisories now?

    Do they do anything else?