Subject: Re: orbs.org and 'Open EMail Relay'
To: Scott Burns <Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/19/2000 19:01:51
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 12:06:21PM -0400, Scott Burns wrote:
> Ok, I have just received my e-mail from orbs.org telling me that my shiny
> new NetBSD/i386 V1.4.1 server has the open e-mail relay problem.
> So now what do I do. It would appear I have V8.8.8.4 of sendmail and their
> page says there are some weaknesses in it. Does V1.4.2 have
> a newer version of sendmail and associated cf files that are required to
> disable this properly ? I am not a sendmail expert and we have always
> used the sendmail setup as it came installed with NetBSD
>
> Whats the easiest way for me to upgrade and plug this hole ?
1) install sendmail 8.9 from pkgsrc (I think it's still here).
2) build a new sendmail.cf from /usr/pkg/share/sendmail. I think typing
'make' and using generic-bsd4.4.cf should just work.
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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