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From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com>
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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re:  Junior Annoying Hacker Task
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>Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 16:26:13 -0800
>From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
>To: Paul Fardy <pdfardy@mac.com>
>Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Junior Annoying Hacker Task
>References: <5F46C986-16DB-11D6-8CEC-00039359034A@mac.com>
>
>> >>      foo_enable="NO"
>> > ipfilter_enable="YES"
>> > firewall_enable="NO"
>>         natd_enable="NO"
>>         natd_interface="fxp0"
>>         inetd_enable="NO"
>>         inetd_program="/usr/sbin/inetd"
>>         foo_enable="YES/NO"
>>         foo_enable="NO"
>
>Who is a GTK hacker?
>
>Does someone want to write a "registry editor" program?
>
>The point of the program would be to edit the "FreeBSD
>Registry", rc.conf, and make it look just like the Windows
>Registry in the editor, using "_" as the implied path
>component/terminal component (key) seperator.

*Very* bad idea.  OSes such as FreeBSD (or Unix in general,
for that matter) should *not* be made-up to "look-like"
something they're not, *especially* Windows.

Learning curve?  Hey, learn the OS, not some hack to make
it look like some other OS.

>Then we can all be honest with ourselves that the only
>difference between it an the Windows Registry is that
>the Windows registry is accessible/modifiable from
>kernel mode, and the path component and key names.
>
>You can start with:
>
>My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\natd
>
>		Name		Data
>		-----------	---------------------------------
>		enable		NO
>		interface	fxp0
>
>My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\inetd
>
>		Name		Data
>		-----------	---------------------------------
>		enable		NO
>		program		/usr/sbin/inetd
>
>etc.

No.  No.  No.  No.  No!

>Sure, people would be annoyed to find out that they had been
>moving towards an idea that Microsoft had developed, but
>wouldn't this be a fun tweak to people's tails?
>
>8-) 8-) 8-)
>
>-- Terry

And this thread *certainly* does *not* belong in -stable.
Lately the s/n ration of this list has been just awful.
Messages of this nature belong in -chat, or -arch, or
-hackers (subject to their rules).

Heh, thanks!  :)  (Sorry for my rant.)

-kc

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