On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:07:32AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > And yes, I consider requiring Debian operating systems to have firewalling > tools available to be in aid of that goal. That's not something new > I've just thought up to be annoying to the Hurd people because it's the > flamewar du jour. Last time this stuff came up was October 2000, and I > brought it up then too: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2000/debian-hurd-200010/msg00239.html > > But hey, let's have a go at an impeachment! We could make up a procedure > for it and everything! It'll be fun!
Well, in that mail it sounded less like a dogma, but more like a general discussion about system security. FWIW, I have an idea how to expose the ipchains support in the existing code so you could use it. It would suck from a system design point of view, and it would most certainly not be well tested or maintained, because the network server is actually to be designed and written from scratch. But if that's what is required to get an otherwise completely functional system to be rubber stamped by the release manager, I might just as well waste a day or two on it, so that the other effort is saved. I am prepared to talk about this again (if there is still a need) a couple of weeks before the next freeze. Before that, I will focus on the real security issues we have (and there is at least one we definitely need to fix before a release). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
