Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:42:20 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Phil Homewood <pdh@bit.net.au> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <20000922104220.A25438@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000922183836.G27376@atlas.bit.net.au>; from pdh@bit.net.au on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 06:38:36PM %2B1000 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> <20000922183836.G27376@atlas.bit.net.au>
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On Fri 2000-09-22 (18:38), Phil Homewood wrote: > 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... I'm awaiting feedback on a suggestion to do just that. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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