Re: A security-base package for Debian

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>]

On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 10:26:21PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote:
> Hello Maintainers !
> 
> Brent Fulgham and Martin Schulze suggested to make a debian security
> package that contains fakebo, snort[1], tcpdump, sniffit etc.
> Conaining means either the packages as IIRC in the net-base package or
> just making a virtual package that has dependencies to all security
> related package.
> 
> Up to now the pros:
>  + you dont miss a programm
> and the contras:
>  - another "virtual" package although it are only four/five packages
>  - people only see that there is no sniffit any longer and do not find it
> are in balance for me.

I think that a meta-package depending on these tools would be useful.
I don't think there is an advantage in combining the source packages --
as you said it hides the individual packages like sniffit.


Hamish
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