Re: wish list

[poke@oly.silverlink.net]

> This has already been raised, but I would like to see a distribution that
> does not enable any daemons or similar security risks by default without
> making the installer thoroughly aware that a) the daemon has been
> installed and b) that the known security risks are as follows.

It strikes me that a good way of doing this would be to somehow hook the
distribution in with a reliable bug reporting database. Perhaps bugtraq.
Then at install time, the user could be notified that such-and-such
service could be installed and the risks are the following. A simple web
query would then d/l the latest information and augment that with the old
stuff that would be included with the distribution. The old stuff would be
useful for folks who don't have network access or choose not to turn on
web access...


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