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Postfix has 9 CVEs. Qmail has 1. It would seem the numbers don't agree with you.
by peterwwillis 6y ago
Postfix has 9 CVEs. Qmail has 1. It would seem the numbers don't agree with you.
- xorcist 6y agoPostfix has much more functionality out of the box so the comparison isn't really fair. Both are examples of extremely well designed software written with care by security minded persons.
- zrm 6y ago> Postfix has much more functionality out of the box so the comparison isn't really fair. But that's kind of the point. 20 years worth of feature accumulation is 20 years worth of additional attack surface, which is a liability if all you need is what qmail does.