Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:46:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric D. Futch" <efutch@nyct.net> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rsh/Rlogin/Rcmd & friends Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009151745360.93892-100000@bsd1.nyct.net> In-Reply-To: <200009152136.e8FLaou26312@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: >In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.1000915165626.99A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>, > >So what! That's the price of security. I believe that the >telnet/ftp/"r" commands shouldn't even be ports. We need to make it >difficult to install unsafe software on the system. That way the admin >would have to go to all the trouble to find the source for unsafe >software somewhere on the Net, port it, and install it. Then it's not >FreeBSD's fault if that admin's system is compromised. > Then we can just call ourselves OpenBSD and be done with it :). > >Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 >Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 >Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca >Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA >Province of BC > -- Eric Futch New York Connect.Net, Ltd. efutch@nyct.net Technical Support Staff http://www.nyct.net (212) 293-2620 "Bringing New York The Internet Access It Deserves" KNYC: 15-Sep-00 16:51 EDT: 70.0 F (21.1 C), partly cloudy, humidity 47% To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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