Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 01:28:55 +0100 From: Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Barry Irwin <bvi@rucus.ru.ac.za>, Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not sandbox BIND? Message-ID: <19991113012855.A62879@fasterix.frmug.org> In-Reply-To: <199911122114.OAA20606@mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 02:14:41PM -0700 References: <4.2.0.58.19991111220759.044f46d0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911120922190.85007-100000@jade.chc-chimes.c <4.2.0.58.19991112102309.045abf00@localhost> <19991112173306.D76708@florence.pavilion.net> <19991112212912.Z57266@rucus.ru.ac.za> <199911121946.LAA24616@apollo.backplane.com> <199911122114.OAA20606@mt.sri.com>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 02:14:41PM -0700, Nate Williams wrote:
> > Speaking of default system configurations - what do people think about
> > turning off the 'ftp' service in the default configuration?
>
> Personally, I don't like it. At least, not until SSH becomes a default
> protocol in the system, since otherwise there is no way to transfer
> files to/from FreeBSD boxes easily.
You could still easily reenable ftpd if you need it.
Given recent vulnerability history on many ftp daemons, I think it
might be safer to disable FTP by default.
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Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.org pb@fasterix.freenix.org
BSD : il y a moins bien, mais c'est coté en bourse
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