Re: [bitfolk] The perils of opening tcp/22 to the Internet

> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:35:15 +0000
>
> I would have thought that a VPS could be provided in a locked-down
> form - perhaps with a firewall running allowing very few services.
> Then the senior admins can change things to their own way of
> working, and those lesser beings have a platform which has some
> basic security built in.

One of the draws for me is the fact that the VPS is a minimal system that
I don't have to strip stuff out of.

I provisioned a very, very small system, and becasue of that I don't want
uneccessary cruft running on the box before I even begin.

Multiple images: fine.

Default images bloated by stuff I just never want installed: no.

Sorry if this sounds a bit terse I'm running around (virtually) like a
blue-arsed fly.

n