From owner-freebsd-security Mon Nov 16 04:41:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA03636 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:41:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iaehv.IAEhv.nl (iaehv.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA03627 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:41:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjw@surf.IAE.nl) Received: from surf.IAE.nl (root@surf.IAEhv.nl [194.151.66.2]) by iaehv.IAEhv.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA07139; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:40:39 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wjw@localhost) by surf.IAE.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA15355; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:40:39 +0100 (MET) From: Willem Jan Withagen Message-Id: <199811161240.NAA15355@surf.IAE.nl> Subject: Re: Would this make FreeBSD more secure? In-Reply-To: <19981116133646.43640@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Nov 16, 98 01:36:46 pm" To: eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:40:38 +0100 (MET) Cc: wjw@IAEhv.nl, dillon@apollo.backplane.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: wjw@IAEhv.nl X-NCC-RegID: nl.iae X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You ( Eivind Eklund ) write: => 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. True, but all in all it gives you much better control over your printing. And I have the feeling that security awareness is growing..... --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 606 606 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message