Re: [Bastille-linux-discuss] Re: ftpd: the advisory version (OpenBSD ftpd)

[dentonj <wo...@c2...>]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Peter W wrote: 
> Hell, Sendmail was once a rat's nest of security holes, and they seem to
> mostly have cleaned up their act.  Why can't other software maintainers
> do the same, and audit their stuff?

An estimated 80% of all email is goes through sendmail.  Since so many
people use it, it's going to get looked at very closely.  

The first time I looked /etc/sendmail.cf, I asked my local guru what
language it was written in.  He just laughed.