Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:26:39 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>, Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B4DEBDF.8396ECBA@mindspring.com> References: <200107100731.f6A7VxR05700@panix1.panix.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107100439380.67797-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <20010710125613.A51035@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3B4B33DA.242EFDDC@mindspring.com> <20010711112054.D93534@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > Also, you should be aware that in commercial deployment, > > having a compiler on board the system is often considered > > a bad thing, as it permits entre to exploiters bringing > > their own programs onto the system. > > I've seen people disable compilers before, but I haven't understood > how it helps. You can compile elsewhere and bring the binary onto the > system, can't you? Unless the system is some extremely rare OS or > doesn't ship with a compiler at all -- neither of which is true of > FreeBSD. You aren't thinking like an embedded systems developer trying to sell a box with no moving parts into a telco that requires such things, with the cost of a 1G flash sitting at ~$2,600/unit. You also aren't thinking like a TrustedBSD "Without my compiler, your executables will have the wrong cryptographic signatures, and my OS will refuse to run them" wonk... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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