On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 17:13:27 -0400, Deron Meranda <deron.meranda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I do blame Adobe though. Yes, I contemplated very long very before > installing acroread because I do try to keep my system extremely pure > .. but alas, the needs to fill out tax forms nudged me over. But > Adobe to their failing did not notify me that their software would > periodically attempt to download and install software on my system > without my knowledge. Bad on them. If you just needed fill out forms, evince might have worked for you. > Concerning Fedora. This could perhaps be partially guarded against if > there were an SELinux context into which I could label the "foreign" > software -- that would prohibit it from accessing the network, or > running scripts out of /tmp. Is there such a type label that I could > chcon /usr/local/bin/acroread ?? You can run programs in a sandbox which will limit what they can do. You can use 'man sandbox' to see how to use it. -- 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
