Re: change banner imap

Hi,

I'm according to you, but my client does'nt understand this
reason, and 
I need to remove the banner...exist any way to eliminate all
the imap 
banner?

thanks

Roberto C. Sanchez escribió:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:31:31PM -0500, vgrig_ushotmail.com wrote:
>   
>> Hi, Sam - i wouldn't mind changing that banner too.
The reason - i don't 
>> want people knowing what IMAP server i ran. Just
like my postfix is giving 
>> generic smtp banner. Even if i patch everything
ontime, there maybe specific 
>> scripted attacks. Now - i haven't seen any serious
security issues with 
>> Courier (thank you and all the other coders), so
it's not an urgent problem, 
>> but still....
>>
>>     
> Well, security through obscurity is not very sound. 
Besides, hiding
> what IMAP server you run, while allowing people to use
insecure
> clear-text protocols seems sort of like rearranging
deck chairs on the
> Titanic.
>
> If your system is properly secured, it should not
matter if people know
> what IMAP server (or really any other server) you are
running.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
>   
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