Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:24:15 -0400 From: Mixtim <mixtim@mixtim.homeip.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <20010815102415.A5942@mixtim.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3B7A8424.CBFF1F30@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:16:04AM -0500 References: <20010815134852.B16184@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d> <59836.997879734@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20010815100621.A5853@mixtim.homeip.net> <3B7A8424.CBFF1F30@centtech.com>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:16:04AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Here's the thing. I thought that was a great idea - until I started > installing (ick) RedHat 7.1 on a few machines here at the office. It > has everything closed off, so remote access is not possible off the hat > (ssh will work, but you have to add a local non-root user). I should have stated ssh as an exception. You almost always have to have it running. Of course, logging in as root and executing the sshd command only takes a few seconds. > Plus, anyone installing FreeBSD should have a good idea that they are > installing an OS that has many servers running, some possibly easy to > hack. If CodeRed taught us anything it is that there are more than enough clueless admins on the net. Just because someone installed FreeBSD doesn't mean they are that much more intelligent. > It isn't up to the programmers of the operating system to protect the > users of it. Then why is there a security@freebsd.org address? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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