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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:18:11 -0700
From:      Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com>
To:        Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh
Message-ID:  <20030918231811.GE527@silverwraith.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030918192135.744AADACAF@mx7.roble.com>
References:  <20030918192135.744AADACAF@mx7.roble.com>

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 12:21:35PM -0700, Roger Marquis wrote:
> Back when ssh was originally developed, in the days of 50Mhz
> processors, key generation time made running sshd out of inetd slow.
> For the past several years, however, this has not been an issue.
> Why FreeBSd's default installation still uses a legacy stand-alone
> ssh daemon is a question many systems administrators are asking.

I'm certainly not one of those systems administrators.
I manage > 700 systems on a daily basis (not alone, obviosuly, and not
all FreeBSD).
I don't want one service (ssh) being dependant on anoyher service
(inetd). This is bad system design.



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