Introduce main config option allow_insecure_tainted_data

[exim.git] / src / src / EDITME

diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index 8d8552346a98233a98eaa8c856b7abb64757e939..cebb8e2ec9e7a4a6873cc0a494a7b8c0a9a9e850 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 
 # Things that depend on the operating system have default settings in
 # OS/Makefile-Default, but these are overridden for some OS by files
-# called called OS/Makefile-<osname>. You can further override these by
-# creating files called Local/Makefile-<osname>, and
-# Local/Makefile-<buildname> (where "<osname>" stands for the name of
-# your operating system - look at the names in the OS directory to see
-# which names are recognized, and "<buildname>" is derived from the
-# environment variable "build")
+# called OS/Makefile-<osname>. You can further override these settings by
+# creating files Local/Makefile-<osname>, and Local/Makefile-<build>.
+# The suffix "<osname>" stands for the name of your operating system - look
+# at the names in the OS directory to see which names are recognized,
+# and "<build>" is the content of the environment variable "build".
 
 # However, if you are building Exim for a single OS only, you don't need to
 # worry about setting up Local/Makefile-<osname>. Any build-time configuration
@@ -565,9 +564,9 @@ DISABLE_MAL_MKS=yes
 # DISABLE_EVENT=yes
 
 
-# Uncomment this line to include support for early pipelining, per
+# Uncomment this line to remove support for early pipelining, per
 # https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-harris-early-pipe/
-# SUPPORT_PIPE_CONNECT=yes
+# DISABLE_PIPE_CONNECT=yes
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -750,6 +749,13 @@ FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 
 # WHITELIST_D_MACROS=TLS:SPOOL
 
+# The next setting enables a main config option
+# "allow_insecure_tainted_data" to turn taint failures into warnings.
+# Though this option is new, it is deprecated already now, and will be
+# ignored in future releases of Exim. It is meant as mitigation for
+# upgrading old (possibly insecure) configurations to more secure ones.
+ALLOW_INSECURE_TAINTED_DATA=yes
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Exim has support for the AUTH (authentication) extension of the SMTP
 # protocol, as defined by RFC 2554. If you don't know what SMTP authentication