Am Montag, 2. Juni 2008 schrieb Casual J. Programmer:
[...] There is really no reason to keep the "non-paranoid" audience from posting their passwords on their favorite blog or put them on a sticker underneath their keyboard. They can always check ( willingly and in full conscience ) the boxes for "use as root password" and "login automatically", but why this sloppiness should be pressed on new, uncritical users without a hint on what may become of it, is really escaping my intellectual capacities.
What "sloppiness"? An automatic desktop login does not make a system less secure. Someone needs physical access to the machine to log in automatically. And if someone gains physical access, even the strongest passwords are worthless! In order to protect your system in such a scenario, you need encryption and strong passwords for the encryption keys. Gruß Jan -- There is more to fear from an army of 100 sheep led by a lion, than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org