SSH server

[Derek Broughton]

Harald Weis wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:19:44PM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>  
>> As for why it isn't in the base system, that's simple.  Servers don't
>> belong
>> on a base desktop system :-)  You need to know what you're doing when you
>> install any server, so they're generally left to the user to install. 
>> The
>> average desktop user doesn't need sshd running.  Of course the average
> 
> No, but the administrator of the ''average desktop user'' does need it,
> doesn't he ?
> 
> Thanks to everybody.
> I'll try to find the package and install it.
> I hope it will be as easy as on FreeBSD :-)

Absolutely.  But the intent, aiui, is to try to keep servers, in general,
off the default install, so that new users have no exposures to the outside
Internet.
-- 
derek