svn commit: r301226 - in head: etc etc/defaults etc/periodic/security etc/rc.d lib lib/libblacklist libexec libexec/blacklistd-helper share/mk tools/build/mk usr.sbin usr.sbin/blacklistctl usr.sbin...

Allan Jude allanjude at freebsd.org
Mon Jun 6 18:03:35 UTC 2016


On 2016-06-06 13:50, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/06/16 10:25, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>> On 06.06.2016 20:22, Ian Lepore wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2016-06-06 at 20:06 +0300, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>>>> As variant, I keep hope blacklist sh helper will teach about ipfw
>>>> soon,
>>>> it looks possible. Then it can be re-enabled by default.
>>> No, it should still not be enabled by default.  Maybe it should be
>>> enabled in response to some question in the installer, or maybe even
>>> better, enabled only if some firewall software that understands it is
>>> also enabled.  But afaik, all the available firewalls are disabled by
>>> default in defaults/rc.conf, and this should be too.
>> BTW, it is good idea: to check first, is supported firewall enabled, and
>> only then enable blacklistd by default.
>>
>>
> 
> Like many others, I think it shouldn't be enabled by default ever, even
> though it is a useful thing and a service that should be in the small
> checklist in the installer. FreeBSD has *no* daemons enabled by default
> except devd and a local sendmail and, since this particular feature is
> one that many people don't want, this is the wrong time for an expansion
> of that list.
> 
> (Thanks for adding this to the system, though, and thanks for changing
> the setting!)
> -Nathan
> 

I will add it to the list of services in the installer @ BSDCan.

-- 
Allan Jude


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