Fwd: gksudo potentially very insecure

[Zach]

Sorry, meant to send this to the list.  Any way, the point is that
when we talk and think about security we need to think about more than
keeping our own things safe.  Security is about protecting the
community of which we are a part and ensuring that we're not
unwittingly harming others.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Jul 6, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: gksudo potentially very insecure
To: Øivind Hoel <oivind.hoel at gmail.com>


I would submit that having your box rooted and then having the
attacker use it to serve up kiddie pr0n or other illicit/illegal
activities is much worse that simply using than having your user data
lost or damaged.  No one is going to send you to jail for losing your
home directory.  Having your box used for illegal activity may well
put you in the position of having to defend yourself.

On 7/6/05, Øivind Hoel <oivind.hoel at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Not that I see this as a very huge issue; on my computer and most
> other desktop computers, you don't need root to do damage - losing my
> /home/$user or any other place I have  write access and store my data
> is much worse than losing, say,  /etc. Losing system files just calls
> for a quick and simple reinstall, while losing your own data is a
> disaster.
>


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