On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:05 -0700, "Bob Beck" <b...@ualberta.ca> wrote:
> On 12 March 2010 12:53, Brad Tilley <b...@16systems.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:10 -0800, "patrick keshishian"
> > <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> does disabling this option /really/ improve security?
> >
> > No, not unless you consider keeping files that are
> > inappropriately/accidentally copied to these directories a security
> > issue. It seems inline with OpenBSD's off by default posture, that is
> > the only reason I suggested it.
> 
> It *IS* off by default.  I have yet to see an OpenBSD machine that I
> can install that
> will come up with httpd turned on.

We are not talking about the same thing. I understand that httpd is off
by default. The *option* is on by default in the config file.

Brad

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