Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:43:54 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keep UUCP (Was: Re: security hole in FreeBSD) Message-ID: <19970731014354.30839@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970730143953.969A-100000@acp.qiv.com>; from Jay D. Nelson on Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 03:52:38PM -0500 References: <3.0.32.19970730223202.0070ef8c@student.anu.edu.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970730143953.969A-100000@acp.qiv.com>
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Jay D. Nelson shared with us: > Sometimes I think we can be too "internet-centric" for our own > good. UUCP makes good security and economic sense. > > [lotsa points deleted] > > Make it an install option if you want, but leave it as a part of the > standard distribution. I can only agree with this. As long as queued SMTP isn't commonly used, keep UUCP. (And then there's the News thing, too.) I have a rather complicated mail setup, with filters that delete, refuse, save in a folder or resend mail to my UUCP node according to a set of rules. To do it without UUCP would be inconvenient, to put it mildly. For a non-connected host, who wants to use standard mailers like Mutt or Elm, there's no real alternative. - Peter
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