[linux-sec-uk] Secure FTP

[Daniel]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Alex Hudson wrote:

> I have to say I do prefer exim, but it is a very different system to qmail -
> postfix is a lot better for comparison purposes.
>

suppose it's down to what feels best for you. I was using sendmail for a
long time, then with work i had to use qmail. now i prefer qmail.

> I have used qmail in the past, although I try not to any more due to it's
> non-freeness. I dislike its configuration system, but it is nice and
> simple. Postfix is something I need to learn more about though, since it's
> what I'm considering using at work (well, Kolab to be specific).

qmail is good as far as i've seen..the only real security problems come
when you start adding mods to it. eg the bouce message overflow..
saying that i belive most mail daemons do have there own flaws, some worse
than other.


>
> I was under the impression that the various 'security' levels of the
> different apps was mostly similar - I know qmail has a rep for being
> 'secure', but I've never really seen anything that convinced me of that.
> But then, I guess that's an argument more about how quantitively secure
> apps are, and how you can measure that.

Point taken..although i havent really seen anything that makes me feel
safe using sendmail, exim, postfix etc.. so i've just stuck to qmail with
only a few mods (qmail-scanner, daemon tools, spam-assassin and
A.V)..never seem to have had a problem with that setup what so ever..
Saying that I did like it when I was usng sendmail ;) aslong as it was all
patched anyway muhahaha...

regards,
deadbeat..


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