Re: Openssh-server installation in etch

["Tim Yang" <timyangcc@gmail.com>]

I agree it could be good for secuirity, but it was
not implemented before.
Every distribution I used such as Fedora, SUSE,
and even sarge installed ssh server
by default and people using the service never have
to think about how to do when the service vanished.
Now it is changed so there might be some consequences
needing attention.

Tim Yang

2007/3/29, Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com>:
> 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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