From owner-cvs-all Mon Nov 29 10:17:21 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93FC14D96; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:16:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA11571; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:16:39 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199911291816.UAA11571@gratis.grondar.za> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: Brian Fundakowski Feldman , "Daniel C. Sobral" , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/forth loader.4th loader.conf.5 support.4th Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:16:38 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > The main reason for this sillyness is, I'm ashamed to admit, the > "lilo has it" argument. People think it's cool. Ok, let them. > Coolness factor, if the cost is low, is ok. And, in the end, lilo's > password is also stored as plain-text. Yukk!! If that is the only reason, then please add my voice to the "please remove it" vote. Bad security is far too often worse than no security, as idiots trust the bad stuff, then badmouth the wrong people/entities. If people want F33CHURZ, they know where to go. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message