FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh

[Avleen Vig]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 12:21:35PM -0700, Roger Marquis wrote:
> Back when ssh was originally developed, in the days of 50Mhz
> processors, key generation time made running sshd out of inetd slow.
> For the past several years, however, this has not been an issue.
> Why FreeBSd's default installation still uses a legacy stand-alone
> ssh daemon is a question many systems administrators are asking.

I'm certainly not one of those systems administrators.
I manage > 700 systems on a daily basis (not alone, obviosuly, and not
all FreeBSD).
I don't want one service (ssh) being dependant on anoyher service
(inetd). This is bad system design.