From owner-freebsd-security Thu Sep 28 9:17:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AE537B424 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 82C171C5C; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:17:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:17:12 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: Brett Glass Cc: Wes Peters , Drew Derbyshire , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! Message-ID: <20000928121712.A38472@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <39CB4C42.1A59669C@kew.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000923222349.04919900@localhost> <39D2BEA4.A9FD13BD@softweyr.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000927214450.04c02ec0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000927214450.04c02ec0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 09:48:32PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 09:48:32PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > No; it seems more as if YOU are a minority of one. Unless I've managed to > miss one, every other participant in this thread besides you has suggested > some change to the default configuration. Those often fighting for change often use this arguement. However, those of us who like the status quo are the silent majority and don't feel its required for us to sound off everytime someone has some idea on how to make us more secure. Thankfully, I know of `grep -cve '^#' /home/ncvs/CVSROOT/access` people who are generally smart enough not to make changes without thinking of all the consequences. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message