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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:26:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Disabling inetd?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006261225290.95506-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200006261615.KAA18734@nomad.yogotech.com>

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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Nate Williams wrote:

> I think it's a bad idea, and assumes that the 'default' installation is
> a box that's running 24/7 connected directly to the internet.

That certainly is the assumption - I think it's a quite valid one in this
day and age.

If such a thing were to be done, I'd expect a sysinstall knob to turn
inetd back on, so you'd just have to tick an extra box during sysinstall -
hardly a big price to pay.

Kris

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