Re: Security through obscurity? (was: ssh + compiled-in SKEY support considered harmful?)

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Terry Lambert wrote:
> 
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > I've been noticing a continuing trend for more and more "safe"
> > configurations the default.  I spent half a day recently trying to
> > find why I could no longer open windows on my X display, only to
> > discover that somebody had turned off tcp connections by default.
> >
> > I have a problem with this, and as you imply, so will a lot of other
> > people.  As a result of this sort of thing, people trying to migrate
> > from other systems will probably just give up.  I certainly would
> > have.  While it's a laudable aim to have a secure system, you have to
> > be able to use it too.  I'd suggest that we do the following:
> 
> I think we need to make an ACPI call in the loader to power off
> the machine before it becomes dangerously functional.

I hear that. I'll put it on my list too.

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