From owner-freebsd-security Mon Nov 16 04:37:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA03128 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:37:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA03118 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:37:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA23484; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:36:51 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA27443; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:36:48 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981116133646.43640@follo.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:36:46 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: wjw@IAEhv.nl, Matthew Dillon Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would this make FreeBSD more secure? References: <199811161055.CAA18393@apollo.backplane.com> <199811161203.NAA21406@surf.IAE.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199811161203.NAA21406@surf.IAE.nl>; from Willem Jan Withagen on Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 01:03:04PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 01:03:04PM +0100, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > lpd (and friends) have a replacement: LPRng. Which runs as GID daemon, and > has a lot of nice other features. Next to the fact that it is a maintained > product. Unfortunately it isn't maintained 'well enough' to continiously take in the FreeBSD fixes. We've fixed security problems which they've had come upon them like a bomb a year later. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message