Full Disclosure: Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:50:12 +0100, Mario Vilas said:
> The guest account has no password, but it's not possible to login remotely
> with ssh.
Well.. out of the box, anyhow.

The problem is that if you install Ubuntu on a server (as lots of people do)
and enable ssh so you can remotely admin the server, you can find yourself shot
in the foot if you don't realize there's a passwordless guest account.

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