From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 28 18:53: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C46D537B401 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:53:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A45B43EAF for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:53:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gAT2qspk067110; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:52:55 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:52:28 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20021128.195228.118628964.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 From: "M. Warner Losh" 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> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <20021129010432.GA62625@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Steve Kargl 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