Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:37:12 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/pine4 Makefile (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10009302333451.29650-100000@jamus.xpert.com> In-Reply-To: <20000930160432.A15451@mithrandr.moria.org>
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > > > Surely the same applies to FreeBSD itself? > > > > I find it very odd that ports get so much positive pressure from this > > list to restrict/fix/exclude them when there is a security issue, but > > try and get something done to core FreeBSD scripts/services etc., and > > you'll get shot down in flames... Bizarre... > > Can you give examples? I can give you an example: ipfilter in the FreeBSD. It still doesn't have a startup script in /etc/rc* And it's not because it doesn't exist - in fact there's conf/20202, but nothing is being done with it. I guess that one can think of some other examples. --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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