On 11/17/2014 06:28 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 11/17/2014 08:48 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
a Big Name ex-IBM Security Consultant who asserted that machines should be shipped with all the standard ports open and services enabled and sysadmins should be smart enough to decide which to shut down,
This is the RedHat motto as well. (Or was the last time I was forced to use RH). Everything open upon install.
I like the Opensuse approach where you don't even have ssh open unless you do it yourself.
So do I. I believe that if a user needs something that is lacking he will ask for it. The BOFH can then set things up so that when he tries using it all his files disappear. :-) -- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence. -- Attributed to Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org