too many words!
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| Author | Content |
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| tuxchick Sep 21, 2009 3:11 PM EDT |
Too many concepts! Too technical! I don't have anything to hide anyway. Typing a password is work! How can I be expected to remember? There, got that out of the way. While Ubuntu's implementation of sudo generates some controversy, the thing that bothers me is their disregard for a good personal firewall. Sure it ships with no open ports/running services, but no system is static and users make changes. Layered defenses is a fundamental principle. Duh :) The horrid passwords I have encountered... I just helped a friend with his computer and his login was his first name, password last name. Help meeee. Thanks Caitlyn, I hope this opens a few eyeballs. |
| gus3 Sep 21, 2009 3:21 PM EDT |
Probably not, TC. The most likely to read it, are already aware; those who aren't aware, don't care. |
| caitlyn Sep 21, 2009 4:06 PM EDT |
If the DistroWatch comments are any example many who do read won't care either or will try and nitpick to prove that it really should all be ingnored. |
| tuxchick Sep 21, 2009 4:53 PM EDT |
Oh I think there are a lot of readers who will enjoy and learn from it. The smart ones will know better than to duke it out with trolly commenters. |
| Steven_Rosenber Sep 21, 2009 6:40 PM EDT |
TC, I worked on a box last week on which the root password was set to NOTHING. Meaning you boot it, type login: root, then just hit return at the password prompt and you're logged in as root. ... this was a Solaris box, and it wasn't in production, but still ... |
| tracyanne Sep 21, 2009 6:51 PM EDT |
Excellent advice. I never let my clients create their own passwords. I talk them through the process, explaining why a strong password is necessary, and create a strong password as we go, and give that to them, usually something along the lines of A-5tr0nG-Pa5sW0rd |
| krisum Sep 22, 2009 1:13 AM EDT |
Quoting: the thing that bothers me is their disregard for a good personal firewall. Sure it ships with no open ports/running services, but no system is static and users make changes.This looks to be common feature across many distros including Debian. |
| tracyanne Sep 22, 2009 2:43 AM EDT |
I'm pretty sure Mandriva has a fire wall, it certainly did last time I installed a test of 2010. |
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