Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:07:07 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restarting services Message-ID: <B8EA7AFE4008C391AA848E4A@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200609251147.46990.erwin.vandevelde@gmail.com> References: <200609251035.15484.erwin.vandevelde@ua.ac.be> <20060925092647.GB94311@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <200609251147.46990.erwin.vandevelde@gmail.com>
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--==========EAE24EA77EE27C68C67D========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Monday, September 25, 2006 11:47:46 +0200 Erwin Van de Velde=20 <erwin.vandevelde@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 25 September 2006 11:26, Vasil Dimov wrote: >> IMHO in this case the administrator should be changed, >> not the way ports operate. Building idiot-proof system is impossible and >> leads to the: >> >> Shaw's Principle: >> Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will >> want to use it. > > This is not about being idiot-proof but being handy to use. It also > reduces service downtime by immediately restarting the service after > update instead of waiting for the administrator to restart it. > This implies that one is doing unattended port updates. IMNSHO that's a=20 very bad thing - unless you're updating a workstation - in which case you=20 shouldn't be running any services except sshd. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========EAE24EA77EE27C68C67D==========--
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