[BlueOnyx:06153] Re: Sendmail's confPRIVACY_FLAGS settings

[Darrell D. Mobley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]
> On Behalf Of Darrell D. Mobley
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:30 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:06145] Sendmail's confPRIVACY_FLAGS settings
> 
> I have been reading about making Sendmail on BX servers more secure here:
> 
> http://www.axxaran.de/blog/?p=72
> 
> In looking at the default BX sendmail.mc file, this is what I see:
> 
> define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `noexpn noexpn authwarnings')
> 
> When I look at the default BQ sendmail.mc file, this is what I see:
> 
> define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl
> 
> What would be the consequences of using the BQ settings?  What would be
> the
> consequences of adding "nobodyreturn" as well?  What about "noverb" and
> "noetrn" as well?
> 
> Why does the BX settings have "noexpn" listed twice?
> 
> Why does the BX settings have spaces instead of commas?
> 
> Why does the BX settings not have a trailing "dnl"?  Or does that not
> really
> matter?

Knock knock, hello?  Is this thing on?