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Re: hurd does NOT need /hurd



On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:34:48PM +0200, SpyderMan wrote:
> i would agree with you on that, and in an ideal world, of course, I
> would consider firewalling to be a complete waste of time.  However,
> those holes that "shouldn't be there" often, unfortunately, are, and
> experience has shown that one of the ways of reducing them is to
> firewall.  In my daily work I spend a great deal of time telling
> people that firewalling is not enough, but I don't ever tell them it's
> not needed.

This isn't about you, is it? It would be perfectly ok if you never
installed hurd because it didn't have firewall support. But to suggest
that no one should based on your requirements is just silly.

-- 
Mike Stone

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