Bob Williams wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:15:43 -0500 Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
* Peter Suetterlin <pit@astro.su.se> [01-17-19 06:15]:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
if you are not running a server, don't install fail2ban.
Any reasoning for this? I definitely disagree. Anything that has an open ssh port should run it IMHO. And that's more than just servers....
but ssh is a server service, and would definitely be a candidate for employing fail2ban. providing a web service or mail is not the only reason(s) for running a server.
Could you clarify please?
"ssh is a server service" = "accepting ssh logins is a server task"
If I don't have sshd enabled and active, and only use ssh to connect to other machines, am I running an ssh server?
No. sshd is the server part.
I had always thought not, but this thread is confusing me.
Don't get confused. You're right ;^>
The same applies to rsync and rsyncd.
Same there. Running rsyncd to accept remote connects = server. using rsync (usually then via ssh) for syncing is not. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org