9 Mar
2007
9 Mar
'07
8:19 a.m.
In article <200703091536.KAA06677 at Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>,
der Mouse <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca> writes:
This is why I called it "a security nightmare
waiting to happen".
But this would be true of any open source software with backdoors
potentially hidden deep in the implementation.
Honestly, when you get a new sendmail distribution or any other CUSP,
do you do a code review of the entire source? I doubt it. Somewhere
along the line you have to establish some trust.
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