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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:56:56 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf
Message-ID:  <20001013205656.A22120@mithrandr.moria.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001013171451.A21236@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 05:14:52PM %2B0100
References:  <20001010124352.A54458@dragon.nuxi.com> <73714.971208688@critter> <20001013171451.A21236@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>

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On Fri 2000-10-13 (17:14), Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:11:28PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > It's a real no-brainer to me...
> > 
> > FreeBSD: Tools, not policies.
> 
> Everybody keeps repeating this like a mantra, but it's ignoring the fact
> that somewhere you have to have a default policy.
> 
> How about this.  If they use the "Simple" (or whatever it's called) option
> in sysinstall, then they are presented with a
> 
>     [X] Enable telnet
> 
> option at some point in the install process.
> 
> If they use the other two install options, they get a 
> 
>     [ ] Enable telnet
> 
> option instead.
> 
> I'll even provide the code if it'll shut people up.

I believe that's already there, except it's called "inetd", not
"telnet".

Neil
-- 
Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org


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