From owner-cvs-all Tue Jan 26 10:49:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA14173 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:49:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA14168; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:49:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27226; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:46:37 +0100 (CET) To: Andreas Klemm cc: Mark Murray , Nate Williams , Matthew Dillon , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small, useful tools (Was: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:28:06 +0100." <19990126192806.A68626@titan.klemm.gtn.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:46:36 +0100 Message-ID: <27224.917376396@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <19990126192806.A68626@titan.klemm.gtn.com>, Andreas Klemm writes: >> > > >> > >For other small bits-of-code, there is my old favourite, tcp_wrappers >> > > >> > >> > I think I would support tcp_wrappers in FreeBSD, if it wasn't because >> > our current modus operandi for src/contrib suffers in so many ways. >> > As things stand >> > I think it is better left as a port. >> >> Tcp_wrappers are small enough to bmake directly. Trivial job. > >I'd second this with respect to FreeBSD getting an entry >in the ,hall of fames' of "Ultra secure" BSD's ;-) It is not a matter of size, or bmakability, it is simply a matter of importing code which is maintained (better) elsewhere is a bad idea in principle (ref: IPFILTER, xntpd, sendmail &c &c &c) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message