[LINK] By the numbers: Windows vs Linux security

[Craig Sanders]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:21:51PM +1000, Richard Archer wrote:
> At 5:31 PM +1000 2/10/01, Craig Sanders wrote:
> >sendmail has improved a lot since then
>
> I noticed a sendmail 8.12.0 exploit announced on Bugtraq today.

yeah, sendmail is insecure rubbish - but it's a lot better than it was
in 1988. the exploits that worked back then don't work any more.

anyone with any sense dumped sendmail years ago when viable & secure
alternatives became available - first qmail, and then postfix.

> sendmail -> qmail/postfix

postfix.  of course.

craig

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