Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 07:02:03 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to modify default inetd.conf, have sysinstall prompt to edit , inetd.conf Message-ID: <200108011402.f71E2Dm30982@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:48:34 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010731233839.54921B-200000@fledge.watson.org>
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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010731233839.54921B-200000@fledge.watson.org >, Robe rt Watson writes: > One of the observations that has been made fairly frequently to me is that > the current default inetd.conf puts many FreeBSD users at risk > unnecessarily, as many of them have moved to using SSH for remote access > needs. In particular in light of the recent ftpd and telnetd security > bugs, it seems like 4.4-RELEASE would be a good time to move to a more > conservative default of having both of these services disabled in the base > install, as both NetBSD and OpenBSD have moved to doing. I think that this is goodness. I have been an advocate of this (actually a less balanced approach -- of which I've seen the light and error of my thinking) for a long time. For that matter one of my biggest pet peeves about RH Linux is that by default it installs everything and enables everything. I think that the approach taken here is a balanced approach and is the correct approach. Services are not removed from the system entirely and can be enabled if needed. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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