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From: ecf_hap@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Some more questions with our internet gateway
Keywords: Trusted Users
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Date: 30 Mar 89 23:36:03 GMT
Expires: 29 Apr 89 23:00:00 GMT
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In article <81@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes:
>1. Which users should be Trusted. I have root uucp network and daemon.
>Are there security issues? Can I eliminate any?

All that being a trusted user means is that you can lie about who is sending
the mail.  Thus another mail program could make the mail from the "sender"
instead of from daemon or somesuch.



Andy
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