Re: Changing defaults versus increased security.

2002-04-23 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Frank Mayhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : It seems easy enough to create an /etc/rc.overrides script with a large : "Danger Will Robinson" message to annoy a sysadmin into looking at it : and containing the old defaults. There may be a good way to deal

Changing defaults versus increased security.

2002-04-23 Thread Frank Mayhar
M. Warner Losh wrote: > : When you change defaults on a running system, you piss off a lot of users. > : Including me. :-) > When we fail to take reasonable steps to preclude intruders from > gaining access to your system, we'd likely piss you off more if you > knew about it :-(. Hey, I intention