bug#44808: Default to allowing password authentication on leaves users vulnerable

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de> writes:
> To nudge them to secure their system, guix system reconfigure could emit
> a warning that this is a potential security risk that requires setting
> an explicit value (password yes or no) to silence.

I think this is a good idea.  Likewise, in the Guix installer, I would
favor asking the user whether or not to enable password authentication,
after warning them that it is a security risk.

I agree with Chris that password authentication is a significant
security risk, but I also worry that if we simply disable it, it will
catch some users by surprise and they may be quite unhappy about it.

     Regards,
       Mark