Things to remove from /rescue

[Mike Makonnen]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:50:06PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
> Don't you need a network connection to use /rescue/rrestore to access
> the dump of / on a tape drive in a remote system?  One may want a
> secure connection to that remote system.

ahh yes, I also missed rcp. But, that doesn't change the situation
much. Ipfw is a firewall. I don't see how it can have a useful
impact on security in this situation. The point I was trying to
make in the email is that there isn't much security that ipfw
can offer you in this situation that is a compelling or even
"must have" feature of rescue. Like I said, I don't object to
having it in /rescue if that's the consensus, but I would much
prefer if we left it out and see if any bug reports come in.
There is nothing preventing us from including it in the future
if it is really needed by our users.

Cheers.
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