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Date:      Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:37:12 +0200 (IST)
From:      Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/pine4 Makefile (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10009302333451.29650-100000@jamus.xpert.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000930160432.A15451@mithrandr.moria.org>

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On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:

> > 
> > Surely the same applies to FreeBSD itself?
> > 
> > I find it very odd that ports get so much positive pressure from this
> > list to restrict/fix/exclude them when there is a security issue, but
> > try and get something done to core FreeBSD scripts/services etc., and
> > you'll get shot down in flames... Bizarre...
> 
> Can you give examples?

I can give you an example: ipfilter in the FreeBSD.
It still doesn't have a startup script in /etc/rc*
And it's not because it doesn't exist - in fact there's conf/20202, but
nothing is being done with it.
I guess that one can think of some other examples. 

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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