Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (626 mails)

[Hans Witvliet <hwit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 09:30 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

> This is the case Markus wants to protect against. People turn off the
> firewall for their desktops because it blocks too much LAN functionality
> by default (mostly broadcasts about available services, at a guess).
> With the default setting of password-login and the weak passwords on
> desktops sshd becomes a BIG HOLE(TM) very quickly, and nothing to do
> with coding errors.

If some people (i don't know any) think it is wise to turn off their
firewall, AND have by then an open exposure from Internet, THEY should
turn off their ssh-daemon.

Most desktop users i know of, are behind a dedicated firewall, either in
their dsl-modem or a "multi-purpose" firewall.

I would rather see a bunch of people with an idle ssh-daemon, than
people who need remote access starting the R-services again....


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