Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:41:58 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Jorge Mario G." <list@linopryne.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why BIND and sendmail installed by default? Message-ID: <3E6F7166.4090803@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1943.192.168.0.4.1047488729.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com> References: <1943.192.168.0.4.1047488729.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com>
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Jorge Mario G. wrote: > Here I try to reply to kirk and all other guys > > 1. if I want to read my network status is most likely because I have > server?? If I'd have a server Id configure (mail) it how I like it :) > > 2. for bill: > I dont think there is BIND conde involved in the resolver Well, we can both think about it, or you could check. > 3. for peter: > I always go with the CUSTOM install I think he's talking about FreeBSD 5, which I know for a fact no longer includes perl, and may have other things (like sendmail) removed as well. You know, you could start this agument with just about any component other than the kernel ... "Why is traceroute installed by default, I don't always want to do packet sniffing?" ... "Why is ping installed by default?" Many Linux distros don't have these tools. The answer is: "Because that's how FreeBSD is distributed" Some of these questions have already been raised and the default changed (perl for example). The sendmail issue has been asked before as well. The reasons are primarily historical, and there are ways to disable/replace/remove those tools. Does that answer your question? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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