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Date:      Sat, 4 Jul 1998 12:31:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Increasing security by decreasing installed programs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980704122943.263K-100000@smack.my.bitch.up.fast.net.uk>

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Hi all..

I think we all need to look closely at the default-installed
suid/sgid programs. Why, by default, does FreeBSD install uucp*?
There's not /that/ many people who use it and it would be much
better as an optional components, especially as it runs suid/sgid.

Why not make the installation program let you select defaultly
installed suid binaries individually (instead of just selecting
the basic distribution, let us go one level down and select
individual basic packages)?

Regards,

Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk>

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