Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:53:47 -0700 From: David Olbersen <dave@slickness.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Ports are insecure? Message-ID: <20020827165347.GA12522@slickness.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I read (in this list I think) that somebody was of the opinion that every port installed decreases the security of a machine. How exactly does that work? Is this based in the idea that nearly anybody can contribute a port, but the core system is reviewed by a team? And, if I'm to believe this and limit my use of ports, doesn't that mean I'll be doing a lot of build-worlding to update specific applications? I'm probably just not understanding all the upgrade paths. Could somebody help me understand? -- Dave [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9a66brtSBoeosATgRAppDAJ4mRRDzkXudgIGc3pU2ETnZ5+LrIgCfYgOs K/tX7qb2RcNhrbmWqKMZ5XU= =9Gvi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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