From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 444 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2004 22:49:56 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Sep 2004 22:49:56 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CC4Jg-0006lz-5n for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:49:56 +0000 Received: (qmail 15017 invoked by uid 89); 27 Sep 2004 22:49:55 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 3369 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2004 22:49:55 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:49:51 -0700 Organization: Sometimes Message-ID: References: <41586F16.5020409@gentoo.org> <200409272020.58709.luke-jr@utopios.org> <20040927225631.628b169a@snowdrop.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-230-66-58.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) Sender: news Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? X-Archives-Salt: 03ab3191-82e4-4368-95f5-3fa88496ad7b X-Archives-Hash: 08d13d3595b775ff8043ad1416bb6f19 Ciaran McCreesh posted <20040927225631.628b169a@snowdrop.home>, excerpted below, on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:56:31 +0100: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:41:30 -0700 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > | it shouldn't be installed, for security reasons. > > What security reasons would those be? Just the usual basic don't install what you don't need, and you have fewer things to worry about having exploitable holes in them, concept. (Didn't I read someone on this group/list claiming that Gentoo had a no unnecessary daemons policy, just yesterday?) I thought the "if it's not needed, it shouldn't be installed for security reasons" was clear enough. However, upon rereading, I guess it /could/ be taken that there was something more specific to worry about, tho I didn't say there was, from what I wrote. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list