Re: Patch to modify default inetd.conf, have sysinstall prompt to edit , inetd.conf

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Robe
rt Watson writes:
> One of the observations that has been made fairly frequently to me is that
> the current default inetd.conf puts many FreeBSD users at risk
> unnecessarily, as many of them have moved to using SSH for remote access
> needs.  In particular in light of the recent ftpd and telnetd security
> bugs, it seems like 4.4-RELEASE would be a good time to move to a more
> conservative default of having both of these services disabled in the base
> install, as both NetBSD and OpenBSD have moved to doing.

I think that this is goodness.  I have been an advocate of this 
(actually a less balanced approach -- of which I've seen the light and 
error of my thinking) for a long time.  For that matter one of my 
biggest pet peeves about RH Linux is that by default it installs 
everything and enables everything.  I think that the approach taken 
here is a balanced approach and is the correct approach.  Services are 
not removed from the system entirely and can be enabled if needed.


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Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
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