Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 18:20:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "F. Even" <freebsdlists@elitists.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Default ssh protocol in -STABLE [was: Message-ID: <20020707181827.P679-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <B94E4FB7.1055E%freebsdlists@elitists.org>
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, F. Even wrote: > Really? I seem to have noticed the introduction of a "periodic.conf" > between 4.0 and 4.4. While it was pleasant to see it, it was still a > change. A) I'm still categorically opposed to /etc/defaults/anything... I think it's way too dangerous a toy to play with. B) They actually did things fairly well with the periodic thing, in that the default configuration did *exactly* what the old, non-configurable scripts did. In short, you're confusing "method of instituting policy" with "policy." It's sometimes ok to change one, it's never ok to change the other. > If I'm understanding right, this change is not going to be introduced into > "RELENG_4_ver," You are not understanding right. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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