If you are running sendmail as your mailer then you need to edit
/etc/sendmail.cf looking for the phrase "is spoken here" and change the
line to
something like
O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j is spoken here; $b
Cheers
Paul
At 11:33 PM 2/25/00 +0100, you wrote:
>well I just want to know how to prevent my deamons from giving away their
>identity.
>
>I mean when telnetting to port 25 I get the response that sendmail version etc
>is running. How to deactivate this message? I do no want the peaople to know
>that I'm using sendmail or leafnode on port 119. Is it possible to hide this
>from public? Is it worth it anyway? I mean due to security, if someone
>does not
>know the software and version I'm running, it would be more difficult to find
>an exploit, am I right?
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Paul Hounsell
Osgoode, Ontario
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phone 826-1745
