think qmail's security is as much better than sendmail as they claim?
Also, redhat uses sendmail by default, and Debian uses smail. Is there a
benefit to either from a security point of view?
thanks again,
ccg
P.S. I just got a 3-button Logitech Mouseman today. These things are pretty
sweet. PS/2 or serial. I just unplugged my old mouse, plugged in the new, and
gpm and X both worked perfectly without restarting or anything. I love that. My
Windows98-using roommate bought a logitech wheel mouse today. After, of course
,
rebooting his computer several times just to update the drivers or whatever, it
still doesn't work right! I love linux.
> X-Unix-From: chad.glendenin@yale.edu Sat Jan 23 21:11:20 1999
> X-BadHeader: Sat Jan 23 21:11:20 1999
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:11:14 -0500 (EST)
> From: Chad Glendenin <chad.glendenin@yale.edu>
> Subject: weird telnet activity
> To: linux-list@pantheon.yale.edu
> Content-MD5: veInc6mHi3J3alC/Pp/A6Q==
>
> i just recently got around to closing off my linux box and 'booby-trapping'
> tcp_wrappers. admittedly, i probably would have seen this kind of stuff
before
> if i had been checking my system logs regularly, but sadly i am rather lazy
when
> it comes to security and general system administration on my own workstation
(oh
> no, someone might try to read one of my old history papers or delete my mp3's
!
> seriously, i do understand the potential for mischief, and in my copious free
> time i plan to wipe my drive, reinstall linux, and setup tripwire or L6 or
> similar before networking it.) anyway, i am now seeing weird stuff like this
:
>
> __________________
> Sat Jan 23 19:32:46 EST 1999
> refused connection from host NRAD09.kard.akh-wien.ac.at (addr=149.148.126.9)
> user root requested service from in.telnetd[624]
> __________________
>
> should i be worried about random connection requests like this? i've also
been
> getting identd requests from finland and imap requests from the netherlands(!
)
> what gives?
>
> thanks,
> ccg
>