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Sendmail and secure design
Jason Miller, 2006-05-01

Sendmail's wide market share, ancient code base and long vulnerability history make it an interesting example about the need for software to start from a secure design.

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Sendmail and secure design 2006-05-03
Matthew Murphy
I buy the idea that there are a finite number of vulnerabilities in any given code base. For instance, one given version of Sendmail, as-released, will only contain a certain number of bugs. This is only logical, as Sendmail is made up of a finite amount of code.

As such, maturity generally hel...

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