From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 18 00:41:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA23012 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:41:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA22990 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:41:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id TAA19846; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:11:11 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611180841.TAA19846@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2). In-Reply-To: <199611180731.XAA14862@salsa.gv.ssi1.com> from Don Lewis at "Nov 17, 96 11:31:33 pm" To: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com (Don Lewis) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:11:11 +1030 (CST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org, newton@communica.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (This has nothing to do with security. Moved to -chat where such drool belongs) Don Lewis stands accused of saying: > > I'd like to be able to do "make release" to get a binary release with > this already taken care of to make installation easier. I'd also like > the release to have unnecessary stuff like compilers and include files > removed. a) You can fiddle 'make release' to do anything you want, after all, you have the source, right? b) Removing the compiler and "unnecessary" stuff may be less useful than you think. But if you're determined to force people to use the GENERIC kernel, then go ahead and do it. I'm sure _someone_ will love you, although these would be the people who were happy when Sun and SCO did the same thing. *snort* > --- Truck -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[