Re: [Exim] hiding software type & version

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Date:  
To: Timothy Arnold, 'Nico Erfurth', Dennis Davis
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] hiding software type & version
timothy.arnold@??? (Timothy Arnold) writes:
> I don't really understand what ESMTP means .. ;)


Well, you are running a mailserver right? Then please do read RFC 2822 at
least ...

> The only problem I have is announcing that our mail server is Exim
> Version 3.x or 4.x .. Just in case someone finds a bug in the code which
> could be exploited.


Owch. You have no idea at all about whether there is a bug in the first
place, do you? :(

> PS: (off topic) - does anyone know how to remove ident for
> apache/bind?


I'm sure the apache list and comp.protocols.dns.bind would enjoy helping you
out on this.

    srs