misc/53740: Guideline needed on what services / jobs should be "on" by default

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>Number:         53740
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Guideline needed on what services / jobs should be "on" by default
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 25 02:45:00 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Mayuresh
>Release:        Not a problem
>Organization:
>Environment:
Not relevant
>Description:
As an example locate.updatedb is seen ON by default which does not look as critical against (say) sshd which needs to be turned on and has many more takers than locate. Generally explicitly switching something on may be more transparent (except for critical things).

Discussion thread
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2018/11/24/msg021730.html
>How-To-Repeat:
Not a problem
>Fix:
A guideline may be made about what jobs / services should be "on" by default in NetBSD and implemented accordingly.