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

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:36:30AM -0000, Nigel Rantor wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Does this mean that you'd have been annoyed if your VPS had come
> with Fail2Ban installed already?

Borderline. Although as I think I said in an earlier post I think the idea
of these systems is good, personally I've not gotten around to it yet.

The thing is, whatever you decide to install to perform function X on a
VPS some other sysadmin may want a different package to accomplish that,
and will end up removing or simply not using the things you installed "for
free".

I liken it to getting a "fresh" laptop or computer from a manufacturer
only to find they've decided what firewall, IM and other clients you'd
"like" to have on the system.

I value factory-fresh. Other people value other things.

I'll stop before I start rambling...

n