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Date:      Sun, 07 Jul 2002 21:33:35 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Marcus Reid <marcus-freebsd-chat@blazingdot.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remove UUCP from default install?
Message-ID:  <3D29161F.78694FA7@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020708011523.GA10512@blazingdot.com>  <3D290F0B.A5A943AF@mindspring.com> <1026102422.1697.9.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au>

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Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:33, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > It seems to me that it's the source of at least one very recent well
> > documented security problem, and just adds steps to being able to use
> > a box in the first place... even UUCP hasn't has a vulnerability
> > announcement as recently as SSH.
> 
> More people use SSH than UUCP.
> 
> We've already had this discussion that's why UUCP isn't in -stable any
> more.
> 
> Until FreeBSD's ports structure is properly able to cope with stuff like
> SSH in the base without hacks then it is probably easier that it remains
> in CVS.

OK, 5 ways.  ;^).

-- Terry

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