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@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
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-compilation of the various server utilities included as part of the Inetutils
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-package. Many of these have known security vulnerabilities, and for most there
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-are better replacements.</para></listitem>
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+installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
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+package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
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+are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
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+information can be found at
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+<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
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+replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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