Re: RSA/DSA Host key generation didn't happen

From: Jon Noack <noackjr_at_compgeek.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 20:17:11 -0600 (CST)
Jimmy Firewire wrote:
> OK, I was being completely stupid. sshd wasn't enabled, I was just so used
> to it being enabled by default. I think it's a good idea that it is not
> enabled by default however.But why take out sshd and not sendmail? Surely
> sendmail is more likely to be a problem than sshd?

By default sendmail only accepts messages from the localhost
(sendmail_enable="NO" but sendmail_submit_enable="YES").  The idea is to
have no "public" services running unless you specfically enable them --
this makes for a very secure default install.

Jon Noack
Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 17:17:17 UTC

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