Minimal Install Option

[Bill Rugolsky Jr.]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:22:27AM -0600, Bill Anderson wrote:
> Why those packages gone? Routers/Firewalls should not (and generally *do
> not*) do wgets, participate in Nothing Is Secure(NIS), manipulate dos
> files, finger other machines, run infrared equipment, act as a DHCP
> *client*, automount remote NFS shares, do spell checking, authenticate
> against SMB for users, perform whois lookups, etc..

Nearly *every* residential dialup, DSL, and cable modem user acquires
an address via DHCP, so a firewall router is most definitely a DHCP *client*.

Regards,

	Bill Rugolsky