John Summerfield wrote:
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
Finally, when all is said and done, security is _my_ problem.
Depends. People usually crack a system and then use it as a gateway to
crack other systems. Then it becomes more of a global issue.
I neglected to mention, I've seen some cracked Linux system. The
presence of X or equivalent (were it present) was completely irrelevant.
In general, it is a good security principle to only install what is
necessary but I was replying to your point about GDM disabling root
access by default. It does make a pretty big difference if your system
is running as root all the time or if you are using your system with
elevated privileges when not necessary.
http://www.bress.net/blog/archives/133-Security-Week-in-Review-2009-02-01.html
Rahul
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