[LRUG] Dedicated servers in the UK?

[John Arundel]

On 3 Jul 2012, at 13:22, Lee Henson wrote:
> Compared to building and installing a web server|database|whatever you
> are using the server for|etc, is adding
> 
> PermitRootLogin no
> PasswordAuthentication no
> AllowUsers <some users>
> 
> to the ssh config file really "yet more steps which can fail and jam
> the build process."?

Fair point. Like I say, it's not something you can't work around. I just wonder why no-one at Rackspace has said, "Hey guys, did you know our system actually requires customers to make their servers *less* secure? What's with that?"

Regards,
John
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