Ubuntu mail headers are not best practice
Andreas Simon
andreas.w.simon at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 10:42:36 BST 2007
On Tuesday 19 June 2007, Sherman Boyd wrote:
> There is no reason to disclose
> this information, and from a security perspective it is a best
> practice not to.
This comes down to 'security by design' versus 'security through obscurity'.
I think the later is an illusion and Ubuntu will not be any more secure
because of a changed Postfix header string.
Best practice in security would be to make it better by design, i.e. for
example tight rules for AppArmor.
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Cheers,
Andreas
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
-- The Wizard of Oz
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