Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:00:38 +0100 From: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installer Message-ID: <20001101080038.B846@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> In-Reply-To: <657B20E93E93D4118F9700D0B73CE3EA024251@goofy.epylon.lan>; from Jason.DiCioccio@Epylon.com on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:45:57PM -0800 References: <657B20E93E93D4118F9700D0B73CE3EA024251@goofy.epylon.lan>
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:45:57PM -0800, Jason DiCioccio wrote: > Ah, then I stand corrected :).. Surprised they install lynx by default > though.. Yes because otherwise ppl will complain that they cannot read the FAQ and many docs that are in HTML. In fact, this is one of the few regular complaints I get from people installing FreeBSD for the first time. Just imagine, your install went through flawlessly, you were too afraid to touch too many options during it, now you have rebooted, and there you go... but what to do now. In OpenBSD there is at least an afterboot(8) man page that comes up right at first start. We don't have anything like it. Then you hear: read the Handbook. And you discover, that you cannot because it is HTML. Grand feeling, eh? We somehow seem to think that a person installing FreeBSD either has access to a second machine with Net connection to read up if need be (not common) or has already printed/learned by heart all the important docs from www.freebsd.org. This, of course is only a problem on your first install and only if you do not have the "Xmas Special Edition" box, where a hacker is also included packaged up fine in plastic and mistletoe. (Was not very popular because the box was too huge and heavy to fit into public transport in Europe.) Sure, minimalists will claim that there should not be any important docs in HTML but just man pages. Anyways, this thread has absolutely nothing to do with security, so it should end. There is no OS today that comes below 200megs in a default install (DOS is not an OS by today's standards.) -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Szeged University Szeged Hungary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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