On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:08:17 -0400
Steve Thompson - UG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps a script that switches you to another user when you surf so that
whatever you do then does not effect your 'real' stuff. Then, when you
trust your new stuff, take ownership. This could be a real neat feature
of, say, konqueror - run as some other user so file ownership, and more
importantly, file downloads, don't mess with the 'real' stuff.
| i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if
|you get a
| virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna
|lose
| everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls
|and such. i
| dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but
|everyone
| says no big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the
|important stuff to
| me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup.
| anyway my 0.02c
|
| steve thompson
|
| Ian Marchak wrote:
|
| > Quoting Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| >
| > > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have
| > > acrobat 5
| > > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and
| > > it
| > > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone
| > > with
| > > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its
| > > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could
| > > get
| > > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file.
| >
| > The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't surfing as
| > root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not saying
| > you're one) not to surf as root.
| >
| > However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) issue.
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