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On Saturday, August 08, 2015 6:28:00 PM Mick wrote: |
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> On Saturday 08 Aug 2015 18:02:00 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:00:29 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > > Yep, I find it infuriating that by default all distros seem to go to |
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> > > great effort to hide as much information about the boot/startup |
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> > > process as possible. WTF? Do they think that stuff is top secret or |
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> > > something? Are they afraid they'll lose their jobs if that info gets |
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> > > out? |
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> > No, they think that the type of user they are trying to attract is likely |
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> > to be scared off by all that cryptic text scrolling by. They are probably |
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> > right. |
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> > Gentoo doesn't hide it, it merely clears the screen once the boot has |
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> > completed successfully. If the boot halts, you can see where and, |
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> > usually, why it stopped. Try that with openUbundora. |
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> Also on a server console you may not want anyone walking by to see what |
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> services you're running, what your IP address is, what NFS it's connecting |
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to, |
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> etc. |
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> Of course, for a home PC with a single user these concerns do not apply. |
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Besides the point that a server don't usually have a display attached and |
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don't sit somewhere where people can just walk by, most of that data is |
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network discoverable. Plus if you want to intrude you don't really target a |
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specific box but specific services. So I don't see the security problem. |
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I do see the privacy issue that Poison mentioned but I think it's the user |
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reponsibility not to leave sensitive data on screen. I like it the way it is |
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but that's only because it looks prettier :) |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
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