On 9/13/07, Shawn Walker <binarycrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
> To me the benefit is in discouraging use of something that should not
> be used. The size of it is obviously barely a concern. If at the very
> least it is disabled by default, I'd be happier, though not happy ;)

Fair enough.  May I suggest as an overriding theme we go for "secure
by default"[1]?  Perhaps adoption of such a strategy can serve as a
guiding principle for the next time this conversation
(s/telnetd/$whatever/g) comes up.

1. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/security/projects/sbd/

-- 
Mike Gerdts
http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/

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