Services

George Farris farrisg at mala.bc.ca
Wed Oct 15 22:56:41 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 15:36, Martin Stricker wrote:
> Joakim Ryden wrote:
> > 
> > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 02:55 pm, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > [...]
> > > It seems to me that given the delicate balancing act required
> > > between giving features to the novice, and reducing cruft for the
> > > anal-retentive geeks among us (and I'll count myself among them
> > > happily), the novices should win out. There are plenty of experts
> > > and sources of information available to help intrepid anti-crufters
> > > defeat their foe.
> > 
> > So where should the line be drawn? At the mood of the day? If the
> > distribution is to give novice users features, then why not
> > install/turn on more services?
> 
> Red Hat has always been concerned about security - more than most of the
> other distros. One of the main reasons I choose Red Hat Linux. So the
> line should be (and IMHO is) drawn when installing/starting something by
> default is endangering the system's security.
> 

No kidding...  This is a no brainer people, security must always come
first.

> Best regards,
> Martin Stricker
-- 
George Farris	farrisg at mala.bc.ca
Malaspina University-College - Cowichan Campus





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