Re: Openssh-server installation in etch
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:46:25AM +0800, Tim Yang wrote:
>
> However I found a little problem. Since it is a server, I
> try to connect from another box with SSH and it was
> refused. I found out the problem was that the SSH server
> was not installed. Only openssh client was installed,
> not the server. I have to manually apt-get the openssh server
> and install it.
>
> My question is if this is a feature or bug?
>
It is neither, it is just how Debian does things. Most users don't
need an SSH server installed, and that only opens up their computers
to outside attacks (Now I wonder why other distros even had it
installed), which is the most probable reason why it was removed.
I mean, how many people use SSH servers on a daily basis (I bet loads
do, but I'd assume most don't). And how many people actually run a
server on their local computer (Besides Apache, which I'm sure almost
everybody runs). Putting an SSH server into a new installation without
an iptables configuration is really begging to be attacked.
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