On 27 Mar 2009, at 14:06, Florin Andrei wrote: > The thing worrying me at this time is some stupid buffer overflow > in the > IMAP server code. I have no idea what's the security history of this > server, even though I've been using it for quite a while, because > it was > always in tightly controlled environments. Exposing it to the Internet > changes the game.
It's a very popular open source IMAP server, typically run exposed to the Internet at large. That certainly far from a guarantee that it's bug free, but intruders have had ample opportunity probe the code over the years. :wes ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html