On 19/07/05, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2005-07-19 11:16, Joachim Str?mbergson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aloha! > > > > (I've Googled around a bit, but failed to find much previous posts about > > this though I'm sure it has been discussed...) > > > > Have anybody (in core etc) considered adding a sudo implementation to > > thr FreeBSD base system. At least for me, sudo is an important part of > > implementing good security policy in FreeBSD. > > > > Yes, it is available as a port, but in a similar fashion of for example, > > isn't sudo important enough to be included as an imported tool in the > > base system? > > > > My thought was to sync/import the sudo implementation from OpenBSD. Bad > > idea? > > Maybe not so bad if the OpenBSD version of sudo has useful enhancements > of any sort (i.e. has gone through a thorough security audit, or it > includes features that are not available through the Ports version, > or if the OpenBSD sudo uses a BSD and not an ISC-style license).
<URL:http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html>: > The ISC copyright is functionally equivalent to a two-term BSD copyright > with language removed that is made unnecessary by the Berne convention. This > is the preferred license for new code incorporated into OpenBSD. A sample > license is included in the source tree as > /usr/src/share/misc/license.template. What's the reason that you'd prefer a BSD-licence over ISC-style licence? Cheers, Constantine. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
