My original posting - ****************************************************** SUN managers, I need opinions from experienced sunmanagers on SUN's version of sendmail. How secure is that for an Internet-facing SMTP application ? Or is it common opinion that the opensource version of sendmail (sendmail.org) is generally more secure ? I know that SUN is always a couple of versions behind but is that necessarily bad ? Does SUN offer sendmail just as an "also offered" software or are they serious about supporting it and quickly patching security holes if customers have a problem ? ******************************************************* Thanks to all the people who replied. My apologies if i missed someone - Rainer Heilke Tim Yocum David Foster Tim Chipman Chris Hoogendyk Hendrik Visage Gaziz Nugmanov Bryce Ryan Rich Kulawiec Timothy Lorenc Steve Hammond Juri Haberland Lars Hecking Gary Losito Henrik Huhtinen Sergio Gelato Davorin Bengez Andrew Stueve SUMMARY - About sendmail - Almost everyone said the same thing.... DO NOT use SUN's sendmail (or any other outdated version for that matter) for an Internet facing SMTP application. In fact i found something on SUN's website echoing the opinion. - http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0401/security-updt1.pdf If you have to go with sendmail then the most recent version (which opensource provides) is the best option. Alternatives to sendmail - There was an overwhelming number of people who preferred postfix and/or qmail over sendmail for various reasons like security,ease of configuring and maintaining etc. I would definitely look into these options. Thanks to the list and everyone who took time to reply. Rahul.Received on Mon Oct 15 19:24:15 2001
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