Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:05:21 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>, security@FreeBSD.org Subject: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <20000921210521.A17973@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000921113652.053d4960@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 11:38:51AM -0600 References: <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <cjclark@reflexnet.net> <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20000920125405.D22272@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921113652.053d4960@localhost>
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[ Cc trimmed, advocacy,chat -> security ] On Thu 2000-09-21 (11:38), Brett Glass wrote: > >>From a review of /etc/defaults/rc.conf, 5.0-CURRENT has turned off the > >three biggies that I didn't like the default YES, > > > > inetd_enable="NO" > > sendmail_enable="NO" > > portmap_enable="NO" > > But rc.conf turns them on! > > >But I assume /stand/sysinstall will ask if these should be turned on. > >This is good. > > It still leaves all of these on WITHOUT ASKING. I have an idea. Why don't you submit a patch that'll make sysinstall ask about them, instead of using those scary capital letters and exclamation marks that make it sound like you're incredibly shocked over all this, on inappropriate mailing lists? Or, you could ask on one of the mailing lists if someone is willing to do the work for you, if you're unable to. Or maybe bring it to light on one of the appropriate mailing lists? Don't take this personally - it just seemed incredibly ironic at the time. Since we're here - does anyone feel up to writing a patch to make these questions instead, and I'll review them before passing it on to Jordan. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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