Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 05:06:54 +0200 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <20001012050654.A14510@roaming.cacheboy.net> In-Reply-To: <v04210104b60acfa922f4@[128.113.24.47]>; from drosih@rpi.edu on Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10:50:29PM -0400 References: <15251.971315263@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <v04210104b60acfa922f4@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2000, Garance A Drosihn wrote: [snip another interesting proposal] > Once a person gets far enough into an install that they manage > to log into root, then they should have a pretty good idea if > they want telnetd active. Also note that this CONTINUES to > check for telnetd being enabled, which (imo) is a better idea > than just disabling it by default. > > So, if we did this MASSIVE change, and left telnetd enabled by > default, WHAT WOULD THE PROBLEM BE? Paint. Adrian, who still doesn't see telnetd as a security hole, but cares not anymore. -- Adrian Chadd "The main reason Santa is so jolly is <adrian@freebsd.org> because he knows where all the bad girls live." -- Random IRC quote To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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