[Vmail-discuss] Security note for exim and MySQL

Eric Renfro psi-jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:45:06 -0600


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Just in case, I noticed from the documentation of vmail-sql, and
exim's setup:
 
mysql_servers = host/user/pass
 
This alone, is insecure, and should be prepended with the hide
directive to look more like:
 
hide mysql_servers = host/user/pass
 
This will hide that from even just running exim -bP, which any user
could normally run, regardless if they have read access to the conf
file of exim.
 
- ---
Eric Renfro - Myrddin Computers & Designs
CEO/President
(713) 595-2104 ext. 2261
 

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Security note for exim and MySQL




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Just in case, I noticed from the documentation of vmail-sql, and
exim's setup:

mysql_servers =3D host/user/pass

This alone, is insecure, and should be prepended with the hide
directive to look more like:

hide mysql_servers =3D host/user/pass

This will hide that from even just running exim -bP, which any user
could normally run, regardless if they have read access to the conf
file of exim.

- ---
Eric Renfro - Myrddin Computers & Designs
CEO/President
(713) 595-2104 ext. 2261


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