Re: some distros for Raspberry Pi have sshd enabled and default logins.

[Gary Baribault <gary () baribault net>]

The default install shouldn't allow root access to SSHd. Should force
password changes to default logins and have a list of allowed SSH users.
Purchasers of PI computers aren't necessarily Linux gurus.

Gary Baribault

On 08/04/2012 10:12 AM, larry Cashdollar wrote:
> My argument is they should prompt the user to change the password, not
> provide an insecure image
> With the expectations that users will secure it themselves. It maybe
> obvious to us, but with a good deal
> Of the audience being inexperienced users it should be part of the
> install.
>
>
> Larry C$
>
> On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:55 AM, rancor <therancor () gmail com
> <mailto:therancor () gmail com>> wrote:
>
> > No shit Sherlock!
> >
> > On Aug 4, 2012 3:38 AM, "larry Cashdollar" <larry0 () me com
> > <mailto:larry0 () me com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Vapid Labs
> >     Larry W. Cashdollar
> >     8/2/2012
> >
> >
> >     Since a some RaspberryPi users maybe unaware of the security implications of sshd I thought I should just make a 
> > note of some issues.
> >
> >     RaspberryPi image Occidentalis v0.1
> >
> >     >From the site:
> >
> >     "Adafruit <3 Raspberry Pi - especially how easy it is to hack circuits using the electronics breakout pins! But 
> > sadly, the latest official 
> >     distro "July 15 Raspbian Wheezy" did not have many of the delicious hackables built in. That's why we decided to 
> > roll our own 
> >
> >     distribution. 
> >
> >     Our distro is based on "Wheezy" but comes with hardware SPI, I2C, one wire, and WiFi support for our wifi 
> > adapters. It also has 
> >     some things to make overall hacking easier such sshd on startup (with key generation on first boot) and  Bonjour 
> > (so you can simply 
> >
> >     ssh raspberrypi.local from any computer on the local network)"
> >
> >     Enables ssh by default but doesn't prompt user to change root & pi account passwords. 
> >
> >     http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-1
> >
> >     Arch Linux ARM
> >
> >     "Arch Linux ARM is based on Arch Linux, which aims for simplicity and full control to the end user. Note that 
> > this distribution may not 
> >     be suitable for beginners."
> >
> >     Default login of root/root with sshd enabled, doesn't prompt to change password.
> >
> >     http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/archlinuxarm/archlinuxarm-13-06-2012/archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.zip
> >
> >     If your going to enabled sshd by default please prompt the user to change the default password upon first boot. 
> > If your going to connect 
> >     these PIs to a network be sure to use secure passwords.
> >
> >
> >     http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/raspberrypi_image_security.txt
> >
> >
> >
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