Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > But, how many things have big security risks anyway? In most cases > the ones to worry about are just the kernel, network daemons, and suid > programs - mostly things with standardized interfaces so backing up a > version or two shouldn't break anything. Any program that could be run by a privileged account (or even just any local account) to process data from an untrusted source is a security risk. I.e., most everything in Fedora. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
