smedev:qpsmtpd_096

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Upgrade qpsmtpd to 0.96

We currently run a very old qpsmtpd version (0.84 was released in 2010). A lot of improvements are available in newer release. Today, the last version is 0.96.

The goal is to update qpsmtpd to a newer release, then check if new plugins can be enabled to enhance security and spam filtering. All this is tracked on Bug #8861

The first step is to update the core qpsmtpd package to the latest version, adapt the spec file if needed, rebase needed patches.

This is currently being worked on, my latest build is available in fws-testing repo

Some plugins might have been merged in the core qpsmtpd package, and should be removed from qpsmtpd-plugins/smeserver-qpsmtpd in that case

The list of plugins provided by qpsmtpd-plugins is the following:

  • autowhitelist_relayrcpt
  • bcc
  • check_goodrcptto
  • denysoft_multi_rcpt
  • exe_filter
  • handler
  • per_user_config
  • whitelist_soft

None of them are provided by qpsmtpd. Two are probably a bit similar (per_user_config vs user_config and whitelist_soft vs dns_whitelist_soft), but as they do not clash, I see no reason to remove them. They are not used in the stock configuration anyway

The list of plugins bundled in smeserver-qpsmtpd is the following:

  • check_smtp_forward
  • disclaimer
  • dkim_sign
  • logging/logterse
  • peers
  • tnef2mime
  • virus/pattern_filter

None of those plugins are provided by qpsmtpd. But the functionnalities provided by dkim_sign are now merged in the dkim plugin. We can keep the dkim_sign plugin here, so those who have cponfigured it manually won't break their installation on upgrade, but we'll have to adjust the wiki documentation to use the new dkim plugin. See https://wiki.contribs.org/Email#DKIM_Setup

Plugins have been renamed, some might need new/different arguments. We need to adapt each of those in smeserver-qpsmtpd

This is the list of plugins we use, in order

  • logterse: no change
  • tls: no change
  • auth_cvm_unix_local: no change
  • check_earlytalker: renamed earlytalker
  • count_unrecognized_commands: no change
  • bcc: no change
  • check_relay: renamed relay
  • check_norelay: merged into the relay plugin
  • require_resolvable_fromhost: renamed resolvable_fromhost
  • check_basicheaders: renamed headers
  • rhsbl: no change
  • dnsbl: no change
  • check_badmailfrom: renamed badmailfrom
  • check_badrcptto_patterns: doesn't exist anymore, merged with badrcptto
  • check_badrcptto: renamed badrcptto
  • check_spamhelo: renamed helo
  • check_smtp_forward: no change
  • check_goodrcptto: no change
  • rcpt_ok: no change
  • pattern_filter: no change
  • tnef2mime: no change
  • spamassassin: no change
  • clamav: no change (should we switch to clamdscan ?)
  • qmail-queue: no change

The last step is to see if we can make use of new features/plugins to improve security and spam filtering on SME. Here's a potential list of improvements

  • Create a random dhparam on each install and use it in the tls plugin
  • Check if we can make use of the naughty plugin
  • The headers plugin (replacing check_basicheaders) can check for several missing headers (From,Date,Subject,Message-ID,Received), the default being only From (even Date is not enabled anymore by default as it blocks some legit emails).
  • The headers plugin now accepts different values for future and past dates (offset after/before which the email is considered invalid and is rejected). The previous only had a single value. This is controlled by the MaximumDateOffset prop (smtpd). We should allow different offsets (1 for future and 5 for past for example)
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  • Dernière modification: 15/04/2016 12:41
  • de dani