My response to this question would be opinion, so I'll make it quick. BSD appears to be gaining popularity -- and if you look at any product that's become more mainstream in the past, they almost always end up getting things added to them. I suppose if I had a product that was doing all right on the market, and some corporation contacted me, letting me know that they'd toss an extra $10mil my way for adding their product to my default installation, I might give in as well. /shrug
Doesn't make it right, and anything but ethical, but I guess it's the way it is. My 2 cents on that. On a side note, I was rather disgusted to find that MSN messenger comes pre-installed on XP. Fortunately there's a process available to kill it. Had to get that out. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Sendmail > Have you ever noticed that OpenBSD and FreeBSD install Sendmail as part > of their default installs? I just installed OpenBSD 2.9 today on a test > box (I know there are new versions). I was shocked to find Sendmail > running on this OS which claims to offer a "secure" default install. > > Granted, I checked the OpenBSD site regarding their implementation of > Sendmail, and they have made some security changes to it. However, given > its track record, why is Sendmail a part of the default installs on > these *BSD flavors? Why is it part of ANY default install??? > -- > Terry Dunlap, MCSE > Network Security > > Western Kentucky University > 1 Big Red Way, WAB 313 > Bowling Green, KY 42101 > 270.745.6909 > > rm -f /usr/bin/laden >
