At 04:31 PM 8/15/2002, you wrote: >Hi Gerald, > > > There are some pkgs that are irrevocable, there are some people > > on this list that also put out some irrevocable patches. "solarspeed" or > > something like that. > >Quite true. For the same reason why SHP is uninstallable: > >Once SHP is installed it has replaced daemons like Apache, FTP, Sendmail, >IMAP, Qpopper, Telnet and therelike. If people did really uninstall the >package whith an uninstaller, then they'd end up without important daemons >like Apache, Qpopper, IMAP, Telnet and therelike. The server would instantly >be unuseable for whatever purpose. > >So once daemons are replaced by a PKG, then it's best not to let the package >be uninstalled. Upgrading is aways possible as RPMs can still be installed >even if an older version of the same software is already present. > >Deinstalling or downgrading should not be left in the hands of an automated >(and unintelligent) mechanism like an uninstaller script, but in the hands >of a capable system administrator who knows what he (or she) is doing. > >FWIW: There have been other Cobalt packages in the past which also were >lacking an uninstaller for the same reasons, so SHP isn't new in that >regards.
That's great info... now if it would only work with out causing it's own Dos Attacks.... Some hardening of TCP.... >-- > >With best regards, > >Michael Stauber >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unix/Linux Support Engineer > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-security mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
