From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 31 5:54: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from peitho.fxp.org (peitho.fxp.org [209.26.95.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B19A37B4C5 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 05:53:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by peitho.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1501) id A1B7E1360E; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:53:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:53:14 -0500 From: Chris Faulhaber To: Andreas Alderud Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installer Message-ID: <20001031085314.A75919@peitho.fxp.org> References: <001501c0433d$fb8f1c20$6400a8c0@XGod> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001501c0433d$fb8f1c20$6400a8c0@XGod>; from aaldv97@student.vxu.se on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 02:25:05PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 02:25:05PM +0100, Andreas Alderud wrote: > My only wish for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE is that it will be as small as > possible, right now there are tons of stuff in 4.1 being installed that I > don't need. > For example, I don't see the reason why Sendmail is installed by default, > many people need it, most people don't, those who do would be better off it > was handled as a port. Some people would surtanly rather want PostFix being > installed. > I'm curious if I'm the only minimalist around here, personally I find it > much simpler to secure and administrate a box if it just includes only the > stuff that is absolutly needed. > This has been discussed quite a bit on various lists...and many people agree. What it comes down to is that code speaks louder than words. -- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message