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Date:      Mon, 6 Jun 2016 12:38:09 -0400
From:      Kurt Lidl <lidl@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matteo Riondato <rionda@gmail.com>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r301226 - in head: etc etc/defaults etc/periodic/security etc/rc.d lib lib/libblacklist libexec libexec/blacklistd-helper share/mk tools/build/mk usr.sbin usr.sbin/blacklistctl usr.sbin...
Message-ID:  <90df7c5b-7680-3de0-68ba-ab9bd1c9d73e@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <BC308CA2-2EE2-448A-9641-0BB769045868@gmail.com>
References:  <201606021906.u52J649H019481@repo.freebsd.org> <BC308CA2-2EE2-448A-9641-0BB769045868@gmail.com>

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On 6/5/16 2:39 PM, Matteo Riondato wrote:
>
>> On Jun 2, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Kurt Lidl <lidl@FreeBSD.Org> wrote:
>>
>> Author: lidl
>> Date: Thu Jun  2 19:06:04 2016
>> New Revision: 301226
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/301226
>>
>> Log:
>>  Add basic blacklist build support
>>
> [snip]
>> Modified: head/etc/defaults/rc.conf
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- head/etc/defaults/rc.conf	Thu Jun  2 18:41:33 2016	(r301225)
>> +++ head/etc/defaults/rc.conf	Thu Jun  2 19:06:04 2016	(r301226)
>> @@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ hastd_program="/sbin/hastd"	# path to ha
>> hastd_flags=""			# Optional flags to hastd.
>> ctld_enable="NO"		# CAM Target Layer / iSCSI target daemon.
>> local_unbound_enable="NO"	# local caching resolver
>> +blacklistd_enable="YES" 	# Run blacklistd daemon (YES/NO).
>> +blacklistd_flags=""		# Optional flags for blacklistd(8).
>
> What is the rationale for having this enabled by default?

Well, from a certain standpoint, it will encourage more people to enable
the packet filtering it in their pf.conf and get the benefit of having
a system-wide blacklist notification system running.

Without a one-line change to enable the blocking in the pf.conf file,
it won't do any blocking.

> Is any of the services that use it (in their default config) enabled by default?

I suppose, technically speaking, no there are no daemons with blacklist
support enabled by default. I am planning to commit the sshd support
tomorrow morning, and even *that* daemon isn't enabled by default.

I am happy enough to turn off the blacklist daemon by default. You are 
the first person to question this since I posted the review back near 
the beginning of April.

-Kurt









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