Les Mikesell wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>>> You keep harping that Sendmail should accept incoming mail by >>>> default, >>> I'm not sure I've ever said exactly that, but you keep saying I said it >>> for some reason. I'm saying enabling or disabling its access to the >>> network should be handled the way the distribution handles other >>> programs. >>> >> Aren't you the Les that keeps saying that the supplied config is >> broken because it does not accept incoming network connections? > > What if everyone ran this configuration? > What if everyone ran an open relay? That makes about as much sense as your question. >> If >> it is not going to be accepting incoming mail, then why would it >> need to accept network connections? Am I missing another reason why >> Sendmail would need to accept incoming network connections? (Outside >> of making it easier to crack if a bug is found?) > > Not everyone has this same limited configuration. If your machine don't > have any scsi drives would you argue that the distribution shouldn't > include support for them? > Bad analogy. A closer one to your position would be that because some people run SCSI drives, the drivers should be built into the kernel, instead of being modules. So yes, even though I do run SCSI drives, I would argue that the drivers should be modules, and not built into the kernel. For my personal use, I build a kernel with the SCSI drivers I need built in. That does not mean I think my configuration should be the one used for the kernels shipped with Fedora. It also doesn't mean the Fedora kernel configuration is broken. Another example - I have a system with a K6 processor. The stock kernels are not optimized for the K6 processor. Does that mean the stock kernels are broken? How about my sister's system with the K7 processor? Where are the K7 optimized kernels? By your arguments, we should have k6 and k7 optimized kernels. Probably 386 and 486 kernels as well. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
