Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 12:04:45 +0200 From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Paul Traina <pst@Shockwave.COM> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Nathan Lawson <nlawson@statler.csc.calpoly.edu>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ownership of files/tcp_wrappers port Message-ID: <199601231004.MAA17990@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <199601230843.AAA02318@precipice.shockwave.com> References: <199601230627.IAA25371@grumble.grondar.za> <199601230843.AAA02318@precipice.shockwave.com>
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Paul Traina writes: > > I totally and completely disagree. I do not want to be bound by your > idea of what's proper for the core part of the system. That's why we > have a generic source distribution and you can personalize your system > to your hearts content. > > Read: I will wish seriously bad karma on anyone who unilaterally bloats > out the system with the wrapper code. There is NO good reason to > make it anything other than a port -- which makes it OPTIONAL to > install and easy to track 3rd party changes. I couldn't agree more. Many places do have adequate firewalling procedures already in place and wrappers would do only more administrative overhead with no additional security. Pete
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