Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:46:36 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small, useful tools (Was: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question) Message-ID: <27224.917376396@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:28:06 %2B0100." <19990126192806.A68626@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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In message <19990126192806.A68626@titan.klemm.gtn.com>, Andreas Klemm writes: >> > ><asbestos> >> > >For other small bits-of-code, there is my old favourite, tcp_wrappers >> > ></asbestos> >> > >> > I think I would support tcp_wrappers in FreeBSD, if it wasn't because >> > our current modus operandi for src/contrib suffers in so many ways. >> > <Trigger Who="Jordan" Keyword="New package system"> As things stand >> > I think it is better left as a port. >> >> Tcp_wrappers are small enough to bmake directly. Trivial job. > >I'd second this with respect to FreeBSD getting an entry >in the ,hall of fames' of "Ultra secure" BSD's ;-) It is not a matter of size, or bmakability, it is simply a matter of importing code which is maintained (better) elsewhere is a bad idea in principle (ref: IPFILTER, xntpd, sendmail &c &c &c) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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