Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (626 mails)

["Andreas van dem Helge" <joakimsen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think its a valid argument that most users of desktop systems do not
use this feature, and I do agree it does pose a minimal security
threat especially with the poor passwords most users select (but if
you are worried about the RAM that SSHd takes up then your system
doesn't have enough RAM :)

How about for default KDE/Gnome install it is disabled but if you
select the "servers" option in setup it is enabled?

Or why not make it just like the firewall setting (which I never
use... always disable) it just lets the user pick if they want SSHd
running or not.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:23 PM,  <birger.kollstrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/3/28, Marcus Meissner <meissner@xxxxxxx>:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > We are thinking about disabling the ssh daemon by default.
>  >
>  > Reason is that it most desktop users do not use it all
>  > and it is just taking away memory for those, and also
>  > presenting an attack surface once the firewall is disabled.
>  >
>  > Also its is blocked by the firewall from remote by default.
>  >
>  > Reenabling it would be as simble as:
>  >
>  > insserv sshd
>  > rcsshd start
>  >
>  > We are still undecided whether to do so or not.
>  >
>  > Ciao, Marcus
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>  > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
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>  Please , do not change this.
>
>  In engineering environments ssh is used all the time. In our company
>  it's essential in several manners. We use it for user/server support,
>  remote login, fish:// files from other machines and we also use the NX
>  desktop solution extensively.
>
>  So , please. Do not change this for the sake of a few newbies. It does
>  not bother them that it is there, but it certainly would bother us if
>  it's not there.
>
>
>  Kind Regards
>
>  Birger Kollstrand
>  Devoteam Telecom AS
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