On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 10:21 -0800, kellyremo wrote: > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a > standard Fedora install?? > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx FUD: "Lots of code executes when a new mass storage device is connected" Fact: Lots of code executes when a new mass storage device is connected, before, after and even when the device is not connected. And no file from a USB is executed by a kernel or root process. Not even any owned by a user process -although explicitly programmed-. Some drivers are executed, of course. That's equivalent to say that some kernel processes are executed when a USB is plugged. Executing kernel code is completely different from automatically running an executable file located on the USB -which precisely windows autorun does-. Now, any vulnerable or buggy kernel code has nothing to do with autorun. That's like comparing midgets and oranges. :) ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nospaze@xxxxxxxxx otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- "Der Computer hilft uns, Probleme zu lÃsen, die wir ohne ihn gar nicht hÃtten." - Unbekannter Autor -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
