exim-scripts

Security shell scripts for Exim mail server

exim_gencert

• Debian's exim-gencert patched for use with ASH shell in Busybox.

• By default certificates are generated with 4096 bit encryption / 3 year duration.

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exim_genpass

• Generate & optionally store in a file SHA-512 password hashes.

• For the strongest possible hashes install python-passlib or mkpasswd from Debian (debian-mkpasswd in Arch Linux / mkpasswd in Alpine Linux) & configure the number of ROUNDS up to 999,999,999. By default ROUNDS are 1,250,000 (compared to the SHA-512 default implementation of 5000 ROUNDS).

exim_genpass: Generate SHA512 hashed passwords [ in /etc/exim/passwd ]

Usage: exim_genpass [OPTIONS]
	[ -n ] : Don't update file; display results on stdout.
	[ -f ] : Write username:passwd to a different file. (default: /etc/exim/passwd)
	[ -r ] : use the specified NUMBER of rounds (Debian mkpasswd / Python passlib() only => default: 1250000)
					   (Busybox mkpasswd / Python crypt() / Perl crypt() => 5000 rounds)
	[ -h ] : this help message.

Examples:
 exim_genpass		(Update /etc/exim/passwd => username:passwd)
 exim_genpass -f file	(Update file => username:passwd)
 exim_genpass -n	(Don't update /etc/exim/passwd: display results on stdout)

• See also secpwgen for creating secure passwords with exim_genpass.

• With ssmtp do not quote passwords & do not include the = at the end of passwords generated by secpwgen.

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Both scripts can also be found in exim-utils in Alpine Linux.