John wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Duane Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:54 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Ramen worm
> >
> >
> > For professional sys-admins caught by this, I would completely agree.
> > But RH is also being sold to home users for home use, many of them
> > complete Linux/unix newbies, and who are increasingly
> > attaching them to
> > DSL connections. So in my opinion, the default setup should
> > be extremely
> > restrictive, with virtually all services disabled. The
> > professionals and
> > more experienced Linux users should be capable of turning on the ones
> > they want.
> >
> > Duane
> >
>
> Isn't that already the case if you simply do a workstation install? I just
> took a quick glance over the comps file for RHL 6.2, and unless one
> 'opts-in' for some of the server items, I think sendmail is about the only
> server type app that gets installed.
>
> John
Well, of course the first part of my message was this quote:
>
> > There are those who say that previous Red Hat releases were full of
> > holes caused by the way Red Hat set things up in a default
> > install... Welp... lemme repeat myself:
Yes, the last two versions of RH were much better in this respect.
Though I cannot imagine why a home user would want to run sendmail,
which in the past did not have a very good reputation in the security
department. Though I admit I have not kept current on the status of
sendmail since I have not run it for several years.
Duane
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