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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:31:14 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Barry Irwin <bvi@rucus.ru.ac.za>, Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why not sandbox BIND?
Message-ID:  <199911130031.RAA21117@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991113012855.A62879@fasterix.frmug.org>
References:  <4.2.0.58.19991111220759.044f46d0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911120922190.85007-100000@jade.chc-chimes.c <4.2.0.58.19991112102309.045abf00@localhost> <19991112173306.D76708@florence.pavilion.net> <19991112212912.Z57266@rucus.ru.ac.za> <199911121946.LAA24616@apollo.backplane.com> <199911122114.OAA20606@mt.sri.com> <19991113012855.A62879@fasterix.frmug.org>

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> > >     Speaking of default system configurations - what do people think about
> > >     turning off the 'ftp' service in the default configuration?
> > 
> > Personally, I don't like it.  At least, not until SSH becomes a default
> > protocol in the system, since otherwise there is no way to transfer
> > files to/from FreeBSD boxes easily.
> 
> You could still easily reenable ftpd if you need it.

Or, you could still easily disable ftpd since you almost *always* need
it right away.

> Given recent vulnerability history on many ftp daemons, I think it
> might be safer to disable FTP by default.

FreeBSD's ftpd is not succeptible.  Given the argument, why don't we
disable *ALL* network access, since all are suspect to breakins. :( (I'm
kidding of course...)



Nate


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