Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:07:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Marc Rassbach <marc@milestonerdl.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009220048520.45562-100000@tandem.milestonerdl.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000921182152.046d6ee0@localhost>
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As an effort to attempt to keep 'the peace'....why not provide the options of a 'install nothing' (like openbsd) 'install like a desktop' 'install like a server' 'install everything' and these options are from the 'easy install' (in the past called novice) Or, perhaps as part of a net install, load your install profile over the wire. (that fully scriptable install fantasy....) In such a scripting world, the standard as shipped can be as BSDi/FreeBSD wants, and BrettBSD can be set up as Mr. Glass wants. Set options to suck the script from net/cd/floppy/audio tape on the cassette interface/paper tape/data lines and load swich/telepathic link/whatever..... I could make a whole bunch of suggestions, but then I'd have to code them, so I'll sit back down and shut up. On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > I wind up spending hours agonizing over the configuration of every > FreeBSD install I do, because I have to turn off many of the defaults > which could potentially compromise security or waste resources. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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