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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:24:06 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Security <security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/xine Makefile
Message-ID:  <1080663846.792.3.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <40693A28.9000502@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 04:13, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>=20
> > [...]
> > However, it seems to me that marking ports FORBIDDEN for security=20
> > reasons is more or less obsoleted (and made redundant) by=20
> > portaudit/VuXML and committers having to hand-scan VuXML for updates an=
d=20
> > mark ports FORBIDDEN by hand just seems like duplicated (and=20
> > error-prone) work... so maybe it's time to to away with marking ports=20
> > FORBIDDEN for security reasons completely?
>=20
> I think portmgr@ is the authority here. CC'ed.

Since VuXML is still optional, and newbies will not be likely to have
it, I believe we still should be marking ports FORBIDDEN for security
reasons.  Better to wear a belt and suspenders.

Joe

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