Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:33:40 -0400 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@citusc.usc.edu> Cc: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <39E74774.E309DDE8@cup.hp.com> References: <15251.971315263@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <v04210104b60acfa922f4@[128.113.24.47]> <39E5384C.4C3C0D53@cup.hp.com> <v04210105b60b62d2b755@[128.113.24.47]> <39E5F78B.299628F6@cup.hp.com> <20001012195942.A18090@citusc17.usc.edu>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > I installed ucd-snmp yesterday to try something out. I know it installed > > a daemon, because it tells me so (in this case I already knew before I > > typed make). I therefore immediately know that security, if I'd care in > > the first place, would be an issue. In this case I couldn't care less. > > What happens? I get a security notice... It took me 5 minutes to funnel > > my agression :-) > > Code to read user's mind about whether they know the security > implications of a port gratefully accepted. There's a much simpler solution. Assume the user knows what he/she is doing. If that isn't the case, then there's also no point in trying to teach the user about security issues in a 5 line notice. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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