Some files have a (separate) PGP signature to protect you against trojanized versions.
This is my PGP public key. You can reach me personally as wietse@porcupine.org
Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users.
The paper also announces a piece of security software called SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks). It took the authors more than a year to fulfill their promise.