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Date:      Sun, 8 Oct 2000 18:34:19 +0100 (BST)
From:      Nick Hibma <n_hibma@qubesoft.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.0010081832440.64833-100000@henny.qubesoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200010081713.LAA02405@harmony.village.org>

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> :   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_2_2)
> :     etc                  inetd.conf 
> :   Log:
> :   MFC:	Disable finger, rsh and rlogin by default
> 
> Do we really want to make a change this big to a branch that old?  I
> don't think this is a security fix, per se, although it does have
> security and usibility implications.

I do think so. This is more of a change in mindset than
functionality. People installing any of the versions will expect  the
external interface of the box to be similar independent of the version.


Nick
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