From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 23:53:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C357816A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:53:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31CA743D1F for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:53:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0906.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 948B21C001F7 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:53:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0906.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6EF471C001F4 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:53:29 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050227235329454.6EF471C001F4@mwinf0906.wanadoo.fr Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:53:29 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <663804712.20050228005329@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050227225244.M6494@reiteration.net> References: <20050226130211.4162005f.albi@scii.nl> <1262756249.20050226141419@wanadoo.fr> <20050226142726.M5182@reiteration.net> <43908349.20050226154151@wanadoo.fr> <20050227045510.M67328@reiteration.net> <956914133.20050227100144@wanadoo.fr> <20050227210242.M8232@reiteration.net> <173258071.20050227231351@wanadoo.fr> <20050227225244.M6494@reiteration.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:53:30 -0000 John writes: > well, put it back in then :) You'd only need the client stuff on the > small-harddrive machine of course. Is it also stripped out of the server? Yes. I saw it as an unnecessary overhead and a security risk. > I extended the usable lifetime of a p90 laptop like this. It was short > on space and I had neither the money or inclination at the time to buy > an expensive laptop-size harddrive. Whenever I needed to update, I > just mounted the servers exported /usr/ports An interesting idea, but I don't use ports or packages enough to justify trying to get NFS to work on my production server. > ...ummm this is rather like a windows admin saying s/he never > updates windows. If it's a Windows _server_, I never do any updates that are not absolutely necessary. > All software develops holes or vunerabilities are found. If the holes present a risk in my environment, I'll update just enough to close them. Otherwise I won't change anything. Sometimes the cure is much worse than the disease. > Updating. yes you are constantly updating on a production server, > unless your idea of fun is somebody compromising your machine. Unless the OS is a Swiss cheese of bugs, constant updating is not necessary. If the OS is so insecure that you must constantly update just to stay ahead of the kiddies, it's time to think of installing a different OS. -- Anthony