I don't think the behavior should change because of DSR.  DSR is more useful
than 'rightness' in my opinion.  A switch to turn it off if you don't want it is
something I'd advocate, but the default should be 'on'.

--Perry

On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:18:33PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Perry Harrington wrote:
>
> > In short, yes security through obscurity is dumb, but calling for people to change
> > this functionality is unwarranted when machines can be firewalled.
> >
>
>
> Actually to me this sounds more like an excuse NOT to fix the problem
> simply because it's "industry standard".
>
> Sometimes standards need to be looked at and revamped. In this case it's
> one that would affect the industry as a whole. Are you calling for
> advisories only simply because the workload would be tremendous or because
> you truly believe that fixing this would affect nothing?
>
>
> ---
> David D.W. Downey - RHCE
> Consulting Engineer
> Ensim Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>

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