From: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: initial grub menu over ethernet
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:21:00 -0400 (EDT)
> Please stop this code bloat! Just the fact that people want (or even
> implement) some features doesn't mean that such code should become part of
> the official GNU GRUB.
IMO, any kind of code should be included in GNU GRUB, unless it
violates GRUB's policy (which is very ambiguous, though). I believe
that local patches are evil, generally speaking.
> The console should be properly secured. The keyboard can be secured. The
> serial line can be secured. Ethernet is much harder to secure. There
> are often hundreds computers on the same segment.
As far as one uses the network support, he must always trust that
his local net is enough secure, anyway, because we don't use any
secure transport protocol, like SSH. Then, why is it less secure to
add network console support?
> GNU GRUB, as it is released by FSF, should not (IMHO) ship with potential
> security holes, splash screens, startup sounds, embedded IPv6, kerberos
> and OpenGL support :-)
I can't see what is your criterion of if a thing should be official
or not. I myself have no objection to adding startup sounds support
into GNU GRUB, as long as I can disable the feature. ;)
> But I hope that fixing Linux zImage support will have higher priority.
? I have already announced that GRUB can boot zImage.
Okuji
