Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:38:36 +1000 From: Phil Homewood <pdh@bit.net.au> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <20000922183836.G27376@atlas.bit.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20000922103446.A25222@mithrandr.moria.org>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 10:34:46AM %2B0200 References: <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <cjclark@reflexnet.net> <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20000920125405.D22272@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921113652.053d4960@localhost> <20000921210521.A17973@mithrandr.moria.org> <39CA8E45.7DA45048@softweyr.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921182152.046d6ee0@localhost> <20000922103446.A25222@mithrandr.moria.org>
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Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > email clients use sendmail to send mail. If sendmail isn't running, it > doesn't queue. We'll just lose that mail to a black hole. That isn't > obvious. You could default to running sendmail without the "-bd" flag and have a checkbox to enable "this machine wants to accept email from the network", maybe? Just a thought... -- Phil Homewood pdh@asiaonline.net Senior Technician +61 7 3620 1930 Asia Online (Brisbane) http://www.asiaonline.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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