Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:52:28 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: jhs@berklix.com, kris@obsecurity.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6 Message-ID: <20021128.195228.118628964.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20021129010432.GA62625@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20021128185115.GB31746@rot13.obsecurity.org> <200211282349.gASNmns93297@flip.jhs.private> <20021129010432.GA62625@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In message: <20021129010432.GA62625@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
: > - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks.
:
: No thanks. It was removed almost 2 years ago because
: better alternatives are available.
And the number of security problems with rdist are legion. A large
component of the decision to remove it from the base was the high
incidence of security problems with the original code. That, coupled
with the rdist6 incompatibility and the better alternatives, lead us
to remove it from the tree rather than update the code.
Next thing you'll be wanting perl back in the base system :-)
Warner
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021128.195228.118628964.imp>