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Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world thinks is vulnerable.

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On Thu 20 Jun 2019 at 23:26:08 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:

> # dpkg-query -l|grep \ exim|awk '{print $2,$3}'|column -t
> exim4               4.89-2+deb9u4
> exim4-base          4.89-2+deb9u4
> exim4-config        4.89-2+deb9u4
> exim4-daemon-heavy  4.89-2+deb9u4
> exim4-doc-html      4.89-1
> 
> Is there a way to provide version of "4.92" easily or some other text
> to stop the likelihood of outsiders trying to pound on and exploit the
> server? Even though they won't be able to do successfully due to up to
> date patch status.

You really, really think changing a version number increases or
decreases the likelihood of automated server probes happening?
Doesn't doing this qualify as security through obscurity?

-- 
Brian.

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Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world thinks  is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-20 15:30 +0200
  Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-20 15:50 +0200
  Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-06-20 15:50 +0200
    Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-20 20:50 +0200
      Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-06-20 21:00 +0200
        Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-20 21:50 +0200
          Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-06-20 22:00 +0200
            Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-20 22:40 +0200
              Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-21 00:00 +0200
                Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-21 00:00 +0200
              Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-06-21 08:10 +0200
                Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-21 13:20 +0200
                Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-21 21:00 +0200
  Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-20 16:00 +0200
    Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-20 20:20 +0200
      Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-20 21:50 +0200
        Re: Exim latest update reports to world as 4.89, which the world  thinks is vulnerable. Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-06-22 21:10 +0200

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