Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:52:54 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Barry Irwin <bvi@rucus.ru.ac.za> Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Disabling FTP by default Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991112125043.00c85f00@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199911121946.LAA24616@apollo.backplane.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991111220759.044f46d0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911120922190.85007-100000@jade.chc-chimes.c <4.2.0.58.19991112102309.045abf00@localhost> <19991112173306.D76708@florence.pavilion.net> <19991112212912.Z57266@rucus.ru.ac.za>
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At 11:46 AM 11/12/1999 -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Speaking of default system configurations - what do people think about > turning off the 'ftp' service in the default configuration? I'm in favor of making it an option in /stand/sysinstall, just as anonymous FTP is. The default should be to disable the daemon. It'd sure be nice if there were an unencumbered scp to enable instead. I understand that the OpenBSD folks have a BSD-licensed SSH in the works, but it might still be encumbered by patents..... Does anyone know what the legal issues are here in the US? --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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