Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:34:47 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling inetd? Message-ID: <3957DA87.ACC18A28@softweyr.com> References: <20000626053525.U85886@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <200006261615.KAA18734@nomad.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote:
>
> > I was just a few minutes ago talking with some of my colleagues about
> > disabling inetd completely in a default install.
> >
> > What are people's opinions about doing this?
>
> I think it's a bad idea, and assumes that the 'default' installation is
> a box that's running 24/7 connected directly to the internet.
>
> I only have one box that is 'vulnerable' to the internet, and it's my
> firewall. All the other boxes are inside the firewall, and can (and do)
> run the other daemons since they are most useful, *especially* for
> configuring the box.
This is another great branch point for an install "flavor": normal vs.
locked-down.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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