Re: Suggestion for Improving Debian Workstation Builds
On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:39:35 +0000
Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 06:04:13PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > I was going to add that the default sshd installation does leave it
> > open to brute-force password attacks.
>
> sshd is not installed by default though.
>
>
It would seem to have been installed by the OP, wittingly or otherwise.
I suspect, coming from Windows, he will not know the necessity of
removing password authentication, and nor would most new users. He
acknowledges that it is a security risk.
--
Joe
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