Re: Antwort: Re: [Exim] sendmail features searched in exim 4…

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: [Exim] sendmail features searched in exim 4.01
+++ Wolfgang.Fuertbauer@??? [exim-users] <13/03/02 15:36 +0100>:
> I see; this sendmail configuration was done by a security consultant;
> I'm happy, that I was able to customize it to the following:
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 ebewe.com ESMTP Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:35:51 +0100


Oh, so your consultant was one of those who believes in the bogus concept of
"security by obscurity" I see.

What difference does it make if you hide the smtp banner? There are a couple
of dozen other things about your install that will scream "EXIM" when someone
sees it.

    -srs