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Old 03-29-2004, 06:21 PM  
Shoplifter
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Originally posted by xenophobic

how many remote? zero!

replace sendmail with qmail, problem solved not only is it better all round, with lots of features, but I haven't had to patch any distro for a remote/local security hole in two+ years.
The only real remote hole was that ncftp foulup from a couple years back. Like you say if you have a machine with no local users and restricted services your chances of a hack are very remote.
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