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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 root??? 2 2006-05-09
Anonymous
Agree with the anonymous poster of "Sendmail and root???"...

I guess sendmail is primarily used on gateways and thefor DON'T need to be root. There are a few scenarios where you need to runs as root. Like for example with local dielivery. But why do that on a gateway?

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