Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:07:21 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, 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: <73291.969113241@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Sep 2000 16:00:51 %2B0200." <xzpk8cco2r0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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In message <xzpk8cco2r0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: >> 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. > >I'm glad you're not in charge. > I can only agree with DES. It is not FreeBSD job to tell people which tools they can or cannot use. FreeBSDs job is to deliver a comprehensive tool-chest. FreeBSD: Tools, not policies. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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