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A few Sendmail security settings
Posted on 12-25-2003 22:23:00 EST | Updated on 12-25-2003 22:23:00 EST
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A few Sendmail security settings. None of these make your server secure they just help hide some things.

In the sendmail.cf file change "O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings" to this "O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy". What this does is prevents spammers from using the ``EXPN'' and ``VRFY'' commands in sendmail. They can be used to find and verify E-mail addresses.

In the Sendmail.cf file change "O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b" to this line "O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j $b". What this does is gets rid of the connection banner version number and the advert of "Sendmail".

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