Abstract
The qmail software package is a widely used Internet-mail transfer agent that has been covered by a security guarantee since 1997. In this paper, the qmail author reviews the history and security-relevant architecture of qmail; articulates partitioning standards that qmail fails to meet; analyzes the engineering that has allowed qmail to survive this failure; and draws various conclusions regarding the future of secure programming.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2007 ACM Workshop on Computer Security Architecture (CSAW 2007, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, November 2, 2007) |
| Editors | P. Ning, V. Atluri |
| Place of Publication | New York, New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-59593-890-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | conference; CSAW 2007, Farifax, Virginia, USA; 2007-11-02; 2007-11-02 - Duration: 2 Nov 2007 → 2 Nov 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | conference; CSAW 2007, Farifax, Virginia, USA; 2007-11-02; 2007-11-02 |
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| Period | 2/11/07 → 2/11/07 |
| Other | CSAW 2007, Farifax, Virginia, USA |