Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:32:11 -0400 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se> Subject: Re: Adding OpenBSD sudo to the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <f34ca13c050720133226df4ffb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050719213356.GA1614@gothmog.gr> References: <42DCC503.5000408@ludd.ltu.se> <20050719213356.GA1614@gothmog.gr>
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On 19/07/05, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2005-07-19 11:16, Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se> wrote: > > Aloha! > > > > (I've Googled around a bit, but failed to find much previous posts abou= t > > this though I'm sure it has been discussed...) > > > > Have anybody (in core etc) considered adding a sudo implementation to > > thr FreeBSD base system. At least for me, sudo is an important part of > > implementing good security policy in FreeBSD. > > > > Yes, it is available as a port, but in a similar fashion of for example= , > > isn't sudo important enough to be included as an imported tool in the > > base system? > > > > My thought was to sync/import the sudo implementation from OpenBSD. Bad > > idea? >=20 > Maybe not so bad if the OpenBSD version of sudo has useful enhancements > of any sort (i.e. has gone through a thorough security audit, or it > includes features that are not available through the Ports version, > or if the OpenBSD sudo uses a BSD and not an ISC-style license). <URL:http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html>: > The ISC copyright is functionally equivalent to a two-term BSD copyrig= ht with language removed that is made unnecessary by the Berne convention. = This is the preferred license for new code incorporated into OpenBSD. A sam= ple license is included in the source tree as /usr/src/share/misc/license.t= emplate.=20 What's the reason that you'd prefer a BSD-licence over ISC-style licence?= =20 Cheers, Constantine.
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