Installing a compiler by default

[Anders Karlsson]

On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:44 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> I would like to propose that, beginning in Edgy, Ubuntu desktop systems
> (both live and installed) should, by default, include the set of packages
> necessary to compile simple C programs and Linux kernel modules.

[snip]

Having a compiler installed is not wrong, and you already identified
what would be my biggest fear, getting systems compromised and handing
the intruder the tools to carry on on a silver platter.

It can possibly be mitigated by at the same time ensuring that possibly
SELinux is installed and active with a sensible default and there is a
sensibly configured firewall on the system. With the dbus interface, it
should be possible to then highlight to a user if there is something
'funny' going on. It's just a thought.

Kind Regards,

-- 
Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com>
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