Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:25:58 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Barry Irwin <bvi@rucus.ru.ac.za>, Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling FTP by default Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911121623470.32210-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991112125043.00c85f00@localhost>
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > I'm in favor of making it an option in /stand/sysinstall, just as anonymous > FTP is. The default should be to disable the daemon. > > It'd sure be nice if there were an unencumbered scp to enable instead. > I understand that the OpenBSD folks have a BSD-licensed SSH in the works, > but it might still be encumbered by patents..... Does anyone know what > the legal issues are here in the US? It's in /usr/ports/security/openssh which (now) fetches the source from outside the US. However, it still uses RSA, which means no commercial use within the US without a license, until the RSA patent expires next year. Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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