> > For years, a lot of security advisories have been present for bind. > > I'm just guessing if it's not a good idea to remove bind from base? > > > > This will probably free by half the number of FreeBSD SA's in the future. > > > > Sure, but no bind in base also implies no dig, nslookup or host.
Exactly. It's a slippery slope - if we continue removing useful functionality from FreeBSD there are fewer and fewer arguments for why one should use FreeBSD and not Linux. Yes, I know everything can be installed from packages/ports. Two of *my* main reasons for using FreeBSD is that: 1. It's an integrated *system*, not just a kernel. 2. The base system contains a lot of the useful functionality I need. and every contrib part which is removed, detracts from this. YMMV. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"