From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 14 7:50: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFB037C1F3 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:49:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JQLM92IERI0003H7@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:49:55 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:49:50 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:49:47 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: [Oz-ISP] FreeBSD and the forces of darkness. Real religious w ars! (fwd) To: 'Mark Newton' , "'RossWheeler'" Cc: 'FreeBSD Hackers mailing list' Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7650@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > "Even the site talks about a deamon being 'unleashed' in you > computer blah." > Have you perhaps pointed out that Linux is full of daemons too? If you listen closely to the box you can hear them chitter amongst eachother. Inetd for example, a.k.a. "The Mother of All Deamons". Phew, they don't come much worse than that. It's even known to spawn others. I won't even mention the http deamon and maybe even the talk daemon. No telling who it talks to. At least BSD puts a clear warning sticker on the box, whereas Linux daemons tend to hide in animal guises. Penguins, I believe. Anyway, there's nothing to worry about. If your box is CE compliant it will shield the outside world quite efficiently from what's inside. Kees Jan ============================================== Everyone is responsible for his own actions, and (people tend to forget this) the effect they have on others. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message