Let's not overreact. We're talking about a guest account only on dekstop systems, for local login only, and perfectly visible to the user. The only problem I see here is not having a simple GUI way to disable the guest login for a non tech-savvy user, but no more. (Or am I missing something here?)
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Olivier <feui...@bibibox.fr> wrote: > On 11/17/2011 08:34 PM, Ryan Dewhurst wrote: > > Are there any other services this may effect? > > The question could also be how many features like this are (will be?) > silently enabled by default on new Ubuntu systems. > > "Perfect for business use, Ubuntu is safe, intuitive and stable" -- > http://www.ubuntu.com/business > > Ubuntu is clearly no more recommended for business use. End users will > have to become security experts to avoid teenager's attacks ... shameful > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Andrew N Dowden > > <andrew_dow...@softdesign.net.nz > > <mailto:andrew_dow...@softdesign.net.nz>> wrote: > > > > On 18/11/11 23:46, Larry W. Cashdollar wrote: > >> Anyone know what the default is for Ubuntu 11 > >> > >> PermitEmptyPasswords no > >> PasswordAuthentication no > >> > >> > >> in /etc/ssh/sshd_config? > > for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) > > > > snip: ( from */etc/ssh/sshd_config* ) > > -- > > # To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED) > > PermitEmptyPasswords no > > -- > > # Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords > > #PasswordAuthentication yes > > -- > > -- > Olivier > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- “There's a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
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