Date: 16 Sep 2000 16:00:51 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rsh/Rlogin/Rcmd & friends Message-ID: <xzpk8cco2r0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group's message of "Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:35:50 -0700" References: <200009152136.e8FLaou26312@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: > So what! That's the price of security. I believe that the > telnet/ftp/"r" commands shouldn't even be ports. We need to make it > difficult to install unsafe software on the system. That way the admin > would have to go to all the trouble to find the source for unsafe > software somewhere on the Net, port it, and install it. Then it's not > FreeBSD's fault if that admin's system is compromised. I'm glad you're not in charge. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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