Services

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 18:56, George Farris wrote:
> > > > It seems to me that given the delicate balancing act required
> > > > between giving features to the novice, and reducing cruft for the
> > > > anal-retentive geeks among us (and I'll count myself among them
> > > > happily), the novices should win out. There are plenty of experts
> > > > and sources of information available to help intrepid anti-crufters
> > > > defeat their foe.
> > > 
> > > So where should the line be drawn? At the mood of the day? If the
> > > distribution is to give novice users features, then why not
> > > install/turn on more services?
> > 
> > Red Hat has always been concerned about security - more than most of the
> > other distros. One of the main reasons I choose Red Hat Linux. So the
> > line should be (and IMHO is) drawn when installing/starting something by
> > default is endangering the system's security.
> > 
> No kidding...  This is a no brainer people, security must always come
> first.

Just in case anyone drew some weird inference, I'm in agreement with
this. Features do not have to (and should not) equal insecurity.
-- 
Paul W. Frields, RHCE