On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 06:27:00PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > last i used OpenBSD (2.6) it started portmap and identd by default at > > the very least, maybe fingerd too i don't remember for sure. > > > The difference is, those were not exploitable. oh? and why not? don't believe OpenBSD's hype about being the apex of computer and code security just because they have done auditing, they still miss A LOT. thier audited ftpd had a remote root hole recently. thier KERNEL also had a local root hole in it that was just fixed. > I think a lot of people are just curious, and they install things > they don't need, or really have any idea of what it does. The only > reason they are able to get it to run is because it's easy. They may > not have any idea that /etc/rc?.d exists. They very well may not expect > it to be running the next time they reboot. well people need to learn. you can't treat computers like toasters anymore. deal with it. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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