Installing a compiler by default

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:48:07 +0100
Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com> wrote:

> On a system that run services it is bad security practise to
> install a compiler, 

Which services run by default on a standard desktop Ubuntu install ?
I thought "nothing is listening" was the policy?

I'm not aware of any services that are listening on the public interface
by default on a desktop install - perhaps someone can enlighten me, as
Shawn took it upon himself to do (so tactfully, and without condescension)
in a previous post ;-)

Obviously one would not want a compiler installed in the server version ...

Peter
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