Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default

[GloW - XD <doomxd () gmail com>]

yea, id also like to see how on earth Valdis calls this some kinda new
'root' problem... i dont see any problem with this, specially on THIS
type of system.. intended to teach people how to use Linux.


On 19 November 2011 06:32, Olivier <feuille () bibibox fr> wrote:
> On 11/18/2011 03:10 PM, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:01 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> > <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:41 CST, C de-Avillez said:
> >
> >     > There is no guest account on an Ubuntu server, so at least there
> >     > this is not a real/perceived risk.
> >
> >     And nobody's *ever* installed the desktop version on a server
> >     because they didn't
> >     know any better, especially from Ubuntu's target audience.  Gotcha. ;)
> >
> >
> > OK, seriously.  If you're sitting in front of a machine that's
> > presenting you a login prompt, you've got enough privileges to insert a
> > bootable USB/CD and pull all the data / make yourself an account
> > (FDE/Bios PW notwithstanding).
>
> My disk is password protected, and the whole system (except /boot) is
> encrypted. Ubuntu guest account is definitively the best way to hack a
> running laptop (or workstation).
>
> --
> Olivier
>
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