Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:52:19 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <200009221353.e8MDr7M10945@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:32:48 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000921182152.046d6ee0@localhost>
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In message <4.3.2.7.2.20000921182152.046d6ee0@localhost>, Brett Glass writes: > At 04:40 PM 9/21/2000, Wes Peters wrote: > > >Brett, did it ever occur to you THESE ARE THE DEFAULTS because MOST PEOPLE > >WANT THEM THAT WAY? Most people who install FreeBSD just want telnet, mail, > >and NFS to work, > > IMHO: > > Telnet is dangerous and should be disabled now that SSH is in common use > and is not encumbered by patents. sshd should be on unless the user > asks for it not to be. (He or she should still be asked.) I submitted two awk scripts to this list late last week that disable services in inetd that those of us who are paranoid would normally remove. Absolutely no one was interested. For that matter I didn't even receive a comment about the scripts from you. Absolutely nobody is interested in this issue. The defaults are there because the majority wants them there. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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