Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:33:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Jorge Mario G." <list@linopryne.com> To: <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why BIND and sendmail installed by default? Message-ID: <1065.192.168.0.4.1047497587.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com> In-Reply-To: <3E6F7166.4090803@potentialtech.com> References: <1943.192.168.0.4.1047488729.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com> <3E6F7166.4090803@potentialtech.com>
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>> 2. for bill: >> I dont think there is BIND conde involved in the resolver OK, BIND has nothing to do with the resolver :-) > > Well, we can both think about it, or you could check. > >> 3. for peter: >> I always go with the CUSTOM install > > I think he's talking about FreeBSD 5, which I know for a fact no longer > includes perl, and may have other things (like sendmail) removed as > well. > > You know, you could start this agument with just about any component > other than the kernel ... "Why is traceroute installed by default, I > don't always want to do packet sniffing?" ... "Why is ping installed by > default?" Many Linux distros don't have these tools. > > The answer is: "Because that's how FreeBSD is distributed" Some of > these questions have already been raised and the default changed > (perl for example). The sendmail issue has been asked before as > well. The reasons are primarily historical, and there are ways to > disable/replace/remove those tools. > > Does that answer your question? > and ummmmm sort of... , but I mean! we all know that BIND and sendmail are buggy and come with a full set of security flows. Also if "historical" things have been changed why not this?? sounds like a decent idea no? my programmaing skills are very basic but I'll check that out Thanks for at least showin interest Jorge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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