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Security in Sendmail vs. Postfix (or qmail or probably exim)

Security in Sendmail vs. Postfix (or qmail or probably exim)

Posted Mar 24, 2006 17:27 UTC (Fri) by TwoTimeGrime (guest, #11688)
In reply to: Security in Sendmail vs. Postfix (or qmail or probably exim) by rfunk
Parent article: A serious sendmail security hole

The Linux kernel has had remote root bugs too. Should we all abandon it in favor of something else?


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Security in Sendmail vs. Postfix (or qmail or probably exim)

Posted Mar 24, 2006 17:43 UTC (Fri) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

Possibly.

But when was the last time a remote root hole was discovered in the Linux kernel? How many have there been in "modern times" (say, since 2000)?

And can you provide a link to a remote-root Linux kernel hole? I'm aware of local-root and remote-DoS holes, but no remote-root holes.

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