Re: systemd security?

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On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 08:11:43PM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> So, does this mean people will soon (if not already)
> be writing malicious web pages that use d-bus
> and systemd to take over your system if you happen
> to visit the page?

No. There's no mechanism for them to do this.

> Or forget web pages. Will random users be able
> to disrupt systems that use systemd by spewing
> bazillions of d-bus messages in a denial of
> service?

No. Dbus contains limiting mechanisms precisely to prevent that.

> I'm just curious here, but I betcha there are
> folks who are more than curious out there...

This might help:
http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#auth-protocol

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