From owner-freebsd-security Wed Aug 15 9:23:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F89F37B406 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:23:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15X3Tf-000MMh-00; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:25:07 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: mixtim@mixtim.homeip.net Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:06:21 -0400." <20010815100621.A5853@mixtim.homeip.net> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:25:07 +0200 Message-ID: <85974.997892707@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:06:21 -0400, Mixtim wrote: > I've installed FreeBSD on quite a few machines. Every install required > tweaking configuration files and editing rc.conf. Since you do this > every install anyway, why not disable every network service and make the > administrator turn on what they really need? You missed my point. All I'm seeing is that care should be taken to avoid the perception amongst journalists and other non-technical people that "FreeBSD is useless out of the box". As Robert Watson mentioned, care is already taken in sysinstall, where a number of services can be "turned on" during the installation. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message