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| author | Kevin McCarthy <kevin@8t8.us> | 2020-09-15 14:32:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Kevin McCarthy <kevin@8t8.us> | 2020-09-15 14:32:19 -0700 |
| commit | ee2b9d1dd8963a7b5b469ddfd8609f9a40bd5157 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b5e9f4a48e64e30f337f081376916a7cb618e01 /doc | |
| parent | 9da4e6e11e7037668d0ca7e8f5d6773d26e379ac (diff) | |
Remove message-id security leaks section of manual.
The message-id generator has been changed to use a combination of time
and random components for the left side.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.xml.head | 19 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual.xml.head b/doc/manual.xml.head index 37844ea9..b2c7f4c3 100644 --- a/doc/manual.xml.head +++ b/doc/manual.xml.head @@ -10697,25 +10697,6 @@ via the <link linkend="tmpdir">$tmpdir</link> variable. <sect1 id="security-leaks"> <title>Information Leaks</title> -<sect2 id="security-leaks-mid"> -<title>Message-Id: headers</title> - -<para> -Message-Id: headers contain a local part that is to be created in a -unique fashion. In order to do so, Mutt will <quote>leak</quote> some -information to the outside world when sending messages: the generation -of this header includes a step counter which is increased (and rotated) -with every message sent. Other parts include the date, time, PID of mutt, -and <link linkend="hostname">$hostname</link>. -In a longer running mutt session, others can -make assumptions about your mailing habits depending on the number of -messages sent. If this is not desired, the header can be manually -provided using <link linkend="edit-headers">$edit_headers</link> (though -not recommended). -</para> - -</sect2> - <sect2 id="security-leaks-mailto"> <title><literal>mailto:</literal>-style Links</title> |