Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:04:54 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rsh/Rlogin/Rcmd & friends Message-ID: <20000916170454.A40993@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <xzpk8cco2r0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 04:00:51PM %2B0200 References: <200009152136.e8FLaou26312@cwsys.cwsent.com> <xzpk8cco2r0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 04:00:51PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: > > So what! That's the price of security. I believe that the > > telnet/ftp/"r" commands shouldn't even be ports. We need to make it > > difficult to install unsafe software on the system. That way the admin > > would have to go to all the trouble to find the source for unsafe > > software somewhere on the Net, port it, and install it. Then it's not > > FreeBSD's fault if that admin's system is compromised. > > I'm glad you're not in charge. Extremely glad, I might add.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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