Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:05:24 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/ppp and /usr/sbin/pppd Message-ID: <20020731200456.J37003-100000@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <3D48072C.6000307@brad-x.com>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Brad Laue wrote: BL> >BB> These two seem to serve the same purpose. /usr/sbin/ppp seems to be the BL> >BB> more advanced and secure of the two, especially in light of the security BL> >BB> advisory (02:32) regarding /usr/sbin/pppd. BL> >BB> BL> >BB> Do we need to keep it? BL> > BL> >IMHO, due to POLA, yes, at least until 4.x life cycle. BL> > BL> >(Personally, I prefer ppp ;-) BL> > BL> Forgive my ignorance, what is POLA? From FreeBSD's FAQ: 17. What does POLA mean? Principle of Least Astonishment. It means that as FreeBSD evolves, changes visible to the user should be kept as unsurprising as possible. For example, arbitrarily rearranging system startup variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf violates POLA. Developers consider POLA when contemplating user-visible system changes. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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