On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:55:36AM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> networkmanager also handles ppp and pppoe? didn't know that. last i checked it
> just did ethernet and 802.11. well then making a front end to NM is probably a
> good way to go.
Actually, you're right. I saw PPTP and figured it could also do ppp
since that uses pppd at some level. So we still need the ppp app.
> (personally i believe that a file owned by the user and only
> readable by the user is enough - sure root can read it, but how many boxes
> where a user CAN select networks is there going to be an unfriendly root user
> who doesn't already know these things or can't find them out easily). there is
> the danger of "trojans" digging these files up - but once you have a
> trojan/virus running as that user - they can do a lot of damage in terms of
> finding out personal and sensitive info... is it worth the effort to try
> encrypt and then require decryption passphrases etc.
I'm glad you feel this way - I wasn't really looking forward to the
gnome-keychain model of constantly asking the user for passwords. I
lasted less than a week with that before I modified my pam to shut it
the hell up...
Ross
--
Ross Vandegrift
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express
Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take
control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now.
http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/
_______________________________________________
enlightenment-devel mailing list
enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
