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Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Mon Jul 30 14:39:08 MDT 2001


Use exim.  ;-)

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 01:56:07PM -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 01:47:47AM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> >out in the first place. Sending logs via email to a machine that is
> >completely isolated from the breached machine is a way to do that
> >(separate machines with no direct interface).
> 
> Sendmail has had more exploits than syslogd.  I don't see why moving to a
> more complex setup that's using software with a history of more exploits
> against it would make it more secure.
> 
> Sean
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