Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Simon Loader
What is the procedure for removing the banners from Cyrus? I am sure this involves edition a source file and recompiling I hust haven't seen this documented anywhere. If someone could advise. Thanks Banners Cyrus ??? Cyrus doesnt have banners ? Does it ? Are you sure it is not your MTA

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Steve Wright
The +OK %s Cyrus POP3 v2.0.15 server ready banner can be changed by editing line 323 in /src/cyrus-imapd-2.0.15/imap/pop3d.c On Tuesday 02 April 2002 10:06, you wrote: What is the procedure for removing the banners from Cyrus? I am sure this involves edition a source file and recompiling

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Clifford Thurber
This will take care of both the IMAP and POP3 banners? Nothing needs to be done to say .. imapd.c Thanks again At 11:01 AM 4/2/2002 +0100, Steve Wright wrote: The +OK %s Cyrus POP3 v2.0.15 server ready banner can be changed by editing line 323 in /src/cyrus-imapd-2.0.15/imap/pop3d.c On

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Steve Wright
Changing pop3d.c will only change the +OK %s Cyrus POP3 v2.0.15 server ready banner. If you want to change the imap banner, to the best of my knowledge you have to change (in imapd.c) the OK %s Cyrus IMAP4 %s server ready\r\n line (same as pop3d.c), the section containing the imap id (as per

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Clifford Thurber
I am confused as to what or why there are things specific to Netscape. Perhaps I have left out the context of my question. I am trying to prevent people doing recognizance banner grabbing for security reasons At 04:15 PM 4/2/2002 +0100, Steve Wright wrote: Changing pop3d.c will only change

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Ken Murchison
Clifford Thurber wrote: I am confused as to what or why there are things specific to Netscape. Perhaps I have left out the context of my question. I am trying to prevent people doing recognizance banner grabbing for security reasons If you think that having the vendor/version information

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Clifford Thurber
Ken I am just interested in suppresing platform/version information when someone telnet to port 143. Just one more layer of security. If I understand you correctly I just need to add: imapidresponse: no to /etc/imapd.conf? This correct. If you think that having the vendor/version

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Ken Murchison
Clifford Thurber wrote: Ken I am just interested in suppresing platform/version information when someone telnet to port 143. Just one more layer of security. But by doing this, you're implying that there is a security hole in the Cyrus server which can be exploited if the hacker discovers

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Jim Levie
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 13:26, Ken Murchison wrote: Clifford Thurber wrote: Ken I am just interested in suppresing platform/version information when someone telnet to port 143. Just one more layer of security. But by doing this, you're implying that there is a security hole in the

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread David Lang
then if you could check. David Lang On 2 Apr 2002, Jim Levie wrote: Date: 02 Apr 2002 13:59:18 -0600 From: Jim Levie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: removing banners from cyrus On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 13:26, Ken Murchison wrote: Clifford Thurber

Re: removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-02 Thread Clifford Thurber
OK using your logic I will deduce that since anything on a network can be hacked into I should not attempt to take any security precautions. Security is applied in layers and the more layers the better. My question was not intended to start a thread regarding security practices as that is not

removing banners from cyrus

2002-04-01 Thread Clifford Thurber
What is the procedure for removing the banners from Cyrus? I am sure this involves edition a source file and recompiling I hust haven't seen this documented anywhere. If someone could advise. Thanks