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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


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