On Aug 11, 2015 11:29 PM, "Reindl Harald" <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Am 11.08.2015 um 22:18 schrieb Mustafa Muhammad:
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>> > If I knew Mozilla's Linux binaries provided its own update mechanism
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>> I am pretty sure they get updated just like Windows and OS X binaries,
>> but the tar ball should be extracted in a user writable location
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> nonsense
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> *if* you use binary tarballs they *should not* be extracted in a user writeable location as *no binary* whenever possible should have permissions allowing a ordinary user to change them
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> they should be extracted to /usr/local/ with root-only write-permissions and you have to just start the application as root for updates - not only on Linux, on *any* operating system
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> and since most users are not able to cope with this security principals package managers exists
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> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO/file-security.html
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> World-writable files, particularly system files, can be a security hole if a cracker gains access to your system and modifies them. Additionally, world-writable directories are dangerous, since they allow a cracker to add or delete files as he wishes
My home is not world writable.
The way you pointed is the better way, of course, but I think even my simple way is better than waiting for package updates from the repos when an exploit is in the wild.
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> as long as you did not inherit that principles you have no clue about security and will be the first victim of exploits on non-windows systems
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