Ian Malone <ibmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. For example, a kiosk mode, where the home directory is wiped each > login would be made less secure. The profile for the GUI is set at > login, so writing .bash_profile has no effect on the GUI environment, > but an attacker able to place files where the user has write > permission could mask system binaries.
I agree with Zbigniew about this case: The protection fails as soon as the user opens a terminal window. > 2. The fact that a proof of concept cannot be provided is not a proof > that a change you make is secure. Nobody said it was. And on the other hand: Somebody claiming that something is insecure, and claiming to have a proof of concept without showing it, is not a proof that there actually is a security problem. > So this repeated insistence on providing a > proof of concept before a security concern is taken seriously is > fundamentally wrong, and I would be concerned to see it applied > elsewhere in Fedora. I asked for a proof of concept only because Tomasz Kłoczko claimed to have one. I would otherwise be satisfied with a detailed description of an attack scenario that can be analyzed to see whether it holds water. I jumped into this debate because I couldn't stomach all the "It's insecure because handwaving." and "It's insecure because I've said so several times.". Björn Persson
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