From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 24 23:38:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736C31523F for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:38:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (root@d60-025.leach.ucdavis.edu [169.237.60.25]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA23146; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:38:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA83484; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:38:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:38:34 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Andy Farkas Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ascii art in hosts.allow Message-ID: <20000124233834.A83466@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:03:32PM +1100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:03:32PM +1100, Andy Farkas wrote: > What is the reason for putting a giant "Example!" in hosts.allow? So you'll notice that this file is an example and *demands* your attention in configuring your system properly. > I note that it was committed at 3 o'clock in the morning... Sounds like normal hacking time to me. > was someone trying to make a point? Yes, don't shoot yourself in the foot by leaving your system wide open. > What other files have this type of gross bit-bloat in them? src/sys/ -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message