Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 02:06:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010110202310.51005-100000@login-1.eunet.no> In-Reply-To: <200010101620.e9AGKoo13270@earth.backplane.com>
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> Nobody is saying we should remove these programs, only that they > should not be turned on by default. They should be commented out > in inetd.conf (like everything else in inetd.conf) so the machine Why not make them turned on by default, and make a package which makes your system secureish? Such a package can be installed from the usual sysinstall procedure. > isn't poked full of holes when someone turns inetd on without looking > at inetd.conf. I can't imagine why anyone would do that, I guess "If someone points a gun at their foot, and pull the trigger, it is Unix' task to reliably deliver the bullet to it's intended target." - phk, iirc. It should not be our task to cover for people in such a fashion. If they are unable to secure the system by themselves, they can install such a security port. If they fail to do even that, then they can use Windows 2000, which by most accounts is getting close to stableish. Marius To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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