Re: noexec on /dev/shm

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On Tue, 04.01.11 17:36, Adam Jackson (ajax@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 14:11 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> 
> > Misusing are ICE, X11, nspluginwrapper at least, since they do not use a
> > random socket name but a fixed one, hence opening the door to DoS attacks.
> 
> X's socket name isn't fixed.  It's a function of whatever display name
> you asked for when you launched the server.  Our filesystem-bound socket
> name is not different in this respect.

Well, OK, bad wording on my side. Replace "fixed" by "guessable".

Lennart

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