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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Spam Control Considered Harmful
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Derek Andree wrote: > It would seem like a nice feature for Sendmail, but do you think it is > realistic to assume that everyone would upgrade? I know of many hosts which > use "outdated" versions of Sendmail. Then you would be faced with the > question of whether to only allow connections from the latest version of > sendmail (with the sender verification), which would limit it's usefulness. > > Derek Andree > [email protected] Anyone running outdated versions of sendmail has not only not met their obligations as a sysadmin, but they are also asking to have their networks owned. Sendmail is updated so often because it has MAJOR security holes and bugfixes. I guarantee you that if you gave me one of the sites that is running outdated sendmail, they could be "owned" in a very short time. There are far too many remote sendmail exploits for older versions to not upgrade. Checking http://www.geek-girl.com/bugtraq and doing a search on sendmail will verify this. So, upgrading should be a prioity to anyone who's running anything less than Sendmail 8.8.8. Joe Shaw - [email protected] NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services
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