Sounds just what hackers would like. A nice web interface that doesn't even show up as a resource after it's been idle for 10 minutes so admins might not even realize if it's wide open...
----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Sommerseth" <sl+us...@lists.topphemmelig.net> > To: kei...@kl-ic.com > Cc: "scientific-linux-users" <SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@fnal.gov> > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:11:52 AM > Subject: Re: systemd (again) > > Cockpit is not running by default, but if you go to > https://$IPADDRESS_OF_SERVER:9090/ systemd starts it > on-the-fly (through socket activation). In the moment it's been > lingering idle for approx. 10 minutes, it is shut down again. > So there's basically zero-footprint when it is not being used. > This is one of the nice things about systemd.