Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:54:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> To: Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/pine4 Makefile (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009291953240.50020-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> In-Reply-To: <200009292349.TAA07263@giganda.komkon.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... : Now, my suggestion: may be it would be reasonable to leave such : potentially insecure ports in the FreeBSD port collection, while : adding an additional warning in the install script about this : potential danger of these ports/packages... I have to agree with you here, as the owner and operator of a shell company; there would be outright hell to pay and complaints from a good 200 people if I removed the only MUA that is simple enough and familiar enough for them to use. For me, it comes down to acceptable risk. Besides, pine is never ran by the root account (nor is -any- mail programs :P) so it's impact is somewhat limited in my situation. : Regards, : : Igor * Matt Heckaman - mailto:matt@lucida.qc.ca http://www.lucida.qc.ca/ * * GPG fingerprint - A9BC F3A8 278E 22F2 9BDA BFCF 74C3 2D31 C035 5390 * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: http://www.lucida.qc.ca/pgp iD8DBQE51SvUdMMtMcA1U5ARAkhIAKDBPEG/GtB30tBNTd4DC9RWEVznigCfcha3 Z5k9BEZO365ASJDZsCGNkzc= =2BJj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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