Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Stephan Hermann
Hi Dustin, On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 15:38 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > Ubuntu has long maintained a "no open ports by default" policy. This > conservative approach arguably yields a more secure default > installation. Several exceptions have been granted to this policy, > which install services

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Clint Byrum
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 15:38 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > > This proposal requests that: > 1) a new prompt be added to the Ubuntu Server installer > 2) this prompt be dedicated to the boolean installation, or > non-installation, of the SSH service, as an essential facet of a > typical server

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Dave Walker
Hi, Firstly, I think it's great that our default experience and policy is questioned on a regular basis. However, on this particular issue I'm not passionate either way. For my usage, when it's not preseeded, i'm now conditioned into installing sshd via the tasksel provided within d-i. This

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Kees Cook
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 03:38:53PM -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > Ubuntu has long maintained a "no open ports by default" policy. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#No%20Open%20Ports "Default installations of Ubuntu must have no listening network services after initial install." One p

SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Dustin Kirkland
Ubuntu has long maintained a "no open ports by default" policy. This conservative approach arguably yields a more secure default installation. Several exceptions have been granted to this policy, which install services on the target system without the user's explicit consent, but in the calculate

Re: touchpad: can we reverse up and down like iPod?

2010-11-17 Thread Chase Douglas
On 11/03/2010 03:16 PM, Peter Hendriks wrote: > Hi, > > would it be possible to enhance the touchpad properties/settings with an > option for the two-finger scrolling to reverse up and down. > > The reason is that when you frequently use iPod Touch and the like, the > touchscreen or touchpad is u

FTBFS overview page lists now packagesets too

2010-11-17 Thread Michael Bienia
Hello, since a few days the FTBFS overview page at http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/ftbfs/ contains now information about packagesets too. The 'component' tables got an additional column ('Set?') which contains a checkmark if the package belongs to at least one packageset. A tooltip shows which package

Adding 73 new libraries to ia32-libs unless I get multiarch

2010-11-17 Thread Scott Ritchie
Not so subtle threat, but I now need 32 bit versions of all these to make Wine's new gstreamer support work properly. After removing dupes, here's the list: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good libaa1 Depends: libgpm2 Depends: libslang2 libavc1394-0 Depends: libraw1394-11 libbz2-1.0 libcaca0 Depe

Re: continuing conversation from UDS-N - Application Review Board

2010-11-17 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:31:13AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:44:24PM +, Shane Fagan wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 11:38 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: > > > Does "/opt/ubuntu/" perhaps suggest a bit of "officialness" or support > > > from the Ubuntu community, where

Re: continuing conversation from UDS-N - Application Review Board

2010-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:44:24PM +, Shane Fagan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 11:38 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: > > Does "/opt/ubuntu/" perhaps suggest a bit of "officialness" or support > > from the Ubuntu community, whereas these apps are specifically *not* > > suppose to have such a connot

touchpad: can we reverse up and down like iPod?

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Hendriks
Hi, would it be possible to enhance the touchpad properties/settings with an option for the two-finger scrolling to reverse up and down. The reason is that when you frequently use iPod Touch and the like, the touchscreen or touchpad is used in a way that resembles the way when you put your finger

Re: continuing conversation from UDS-N - Application Review Board

2010-11-17 Thread Shane Fagan
On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 11:38 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: > Does "/opt/ubuntu/" perhaps suggest a bit of "officialness" or support > from the Ubuntu community, whereas these apps are specifically *not* > suppose to have such a connotation? Yeah I get what Rick is saying here. Does using /opt/ubuntu