Hi, that's great idea! Where can i vote for that ;-) ? Regards Ondřej Kopka
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Hideki Yamane <henr...@debian.or.jp> wrote: > Hi, > > Now we are using Exim as default MTA, but I doubt whether it'd be best > choice since several critical security vulnerabilities has found this > two or three years. > > Yes, it's often that such vulnerability has been found for software (of > course), however, other MTA like postfix has less vulnerabilities than > Exim. > > So I suggest switch from Exim to Postfix for default MTA. > > > Pros) > - Postfix has less vulnerabilities than Exim during years > If we choose postfix for default, probably it's more secure than using > Exim ***by default***. It's good for our users. > > Exim: 8 DSAs and 13 CVEs and some high and remote vulns as NVD severity > http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim4 > and http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim > > Postfix: 3 DSAs and 10 CVEs and no high vulns since its first release > http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/postfix > > > Cons) > - well, maybe I didn't get it ;) If you want to continue to use Exim, you > can do it via apt-get. > > Please let me know your idea for this. > Thanks. > > > -- > Regards, > > Hideki Yamane henrich @ debian.or.jp/org > http://wiki.debian.org/HidekiYamane > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20121101224846.52575d791199866777047...@debian.or.jp > >
