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Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities



On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:08:17PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> | >   talk          rather obsolete, but debatable
> | >   talkd         not very secure for baseline
> 
> I want those.  They are very useful, and afaik, there are no security
> problems with talkd.

This is about you, it's about the general case; you can install them
yourself with no problem. *Any* open port presents an additional
risk--what value outweighs that risk in this case, for the general user?

-- 
Mike Stone



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