I would say it depends on the need of people or their environment. In a corporate environment this is a very bad thing to do, I agree. In a home environment it's different. However the package system allows to choose what fits "your peronal" security standard. The UPnP-package is another example for this. We won't implement things like that in base. However if someone wants to install a "hello world"-package at home and is aware of the "risk" go ahead. This has been discussed several times already and it always sums up in "if it's ok for you do it, if not just don't do it".
No offense here to either side, I understand both depending on the environment we are talking about ;-) Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Rainer Duffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] file server > > > Marc Boisis-Delavaud wrote: > > Hello, > > Since pure-ftpd has been removed from available packages, > is there a > > solution to make a file server, is it possible to enable scp for > > example or something else ? > > > > > Can someone explain to me why some people are so keen on > turning their > firewall into a fileserver, of all things? > > The fact that no FTP-server is available is actually a feature, not a > bug, from my point of view, because it obviously leaves one > way less for > novice users to shoot themselves into the foot. > > Do you need a firewall with a fileserver (try to speak that aloud and > tell me it doesn't sound crazy) or do you just want a > fileserver with a > firewall? > In the later case, just install a generic FreeBSD+whatever > fileserver-package you need and workout the handful of firewall-rules > that it needs yourself - otherwise put a bridging pfSense in > front of it > and let each box handle the job it was designed for. > > > > cheers, > Rainer > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
