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Topic: Debian vs. DSL, Would like some opinions

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adssse

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Posted: Aug. 10 2005,16:56

Quote (mikshaw @ Aug. 10 2005,09:15)

As far as I know, DSL refuses remote connections unless you have set a password, yes?

Does that mean it refuses connections by default with a frugal install?

I dont have to worry about other users on my computer and I am not one to download many unkown things. I do use the rcfirewall extension, not sure if I really need it. I guess I have just always been kind of a paranoid user when it comes to security (possibly from using windows my whole life). Is there any documention on the security of DSL? I have done some brief reading on Linux security in general, but would be very interested in anything specific to DSL.

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Posted: Aug. 11 2005,02:51

I've never used it in DSL, but from what i've seen here in the forums it seems that you need to set up a root password before sshd will run, so i guess that would prevent any incoming ssh connections.

Haven't seen any documentation on DSL security.

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