On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:43 AM, James Dinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Soren Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Do you think we should remove groff (and with it, man-db), too? I'm not
>> trying to be difficult.. This is an actual question.
>>
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>> Soren Hansen               |
>>
>
> No, but I use man all the time.  Granted, that may be pandering to
> myself, but man just seems infinitely more useful than a web browser.
> This could be that 1) I have never ever used a web browser, or been in
> a position where it would seem useful, on a server and 2) the whole
> idea that "it's a browser", therefore "it's a huge security hole."
>
> And you may say it's just for looking at local html files, but it
> opens up the thinking that "if they put a web browser on a server,
> then it must be ok to browse the web from a server."  I've seen plenty
> of Windows admins casually browsing the web from a server console
> while waiting on some task to finish in the server room.
>
> But that's just my opinion.
>
> James
>
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You need a web browser to access http://localhost:631 for CUPS, don't you?

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