A) What's to stop a user from providing the root password if malware attempts to install something?
B) If there's already malware on the machine running as the user, there's not much benefit to getting root access anyway. It can log the user's activies, steal info, make connections to remote servers just fine with the user's privileges.
If the user wants to install an FTP server on his own machine, I don't see the problem. If this is a business machine, I don't know why it's running Fedora.
Don't be fooled. Google is little more than an advertising engine. I've not noticed that it's results are any more relevant the ones I've gotten from Bing.
I actually like Bing and I've switch all my machines/browsers to it as a default. I seem to get fewer garbage results than Google. But, your mileage may vary.
That's the thing. Every time you see a comparison of security in Windows and Linux, the users in Windows is always assumed to be the administrator, and you get all this FUD about how insecure Windows is. The proper comparison would be to a Windows machine where the user is logged in as a limited user. In that case, it's as secure as a Linux box.
Those are the ports file sharing goes over. If you don't want them open, disable file-sharing or disable the exceptions for those port in the Windows firewall.
In order to be a "threat", Apple would have to encroach on Microsoft's turf. Your examples like the Zune are instances where Microsoft is trying to get a foothold in Apple dominated markets.
I was going to hire a murderer once and I looked into the relevant criminal statistics. Apparently 100% of murderers have murdered someone. Who knew?! Obviously I couldn't give him the job.
Hey, I'd keep my eye on veterans too. I knew a Vietnam veteran who woke up in the middle of the night holding a knife and standing over his son's bed. He'd been having some kind of flashback. Like it or not, after a story like that, I'm going to sleep lightly if ever I have a veteran who's seen combat sleeping in my house.
>they are better people now and wouldn't do the crime again.
LOL...how can you ever know that? All you can know is that they murdered someone 19 years ago and haven't murdered anyone while they were locked away in prison. You have no idea whether or not they wouldn't do it again, but their past behavior points to them being capable of it.
>German law is trying to protect them from people like you."
Maybe German law should focus a bit more on protecting innocent people from getting murdered.
>Yes, I know they killed someone. But they also served their sentence and now they should be given a second chance, whether YOU want to give them one or not.
So when does that guy that they murdered get a second chance?
Oh boo fucking hoo. They can't live a normal life after murdering someone...such a travesty. To answer your question, YES, those facts should always haunt them.
I suppose they could waste time and money going after the third party developers, or they could just release the code for a non-critical, freeware utility.
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A) What's to stop a user from providing the root password if malware attempts to install something?
B) If there's already malware on the machine running as the user, there's not much benefit to getting root access anyway. It can log the user's activies, steal info, make connections to remote servers just fine with the user's privileges.
If the user wants to install an FTP server on his own machine, I don't see the problem. If this is a business machine, I don't know why it's running Fedora.
lol, I think I replied to the wrong thread.
"Bing is still very skewed to show positive results for things that MS is interested in gaining marketshare from."
Do you have anything to back that up with?
Don't be fooled. Google is little more than an advertising engine. I've not noticed that it's results are any more relevant the ones I've gotten from Bing.
I actually like Bing and I've switch all my machines/browsers to it as a default. I seem to get fewer garbage results than Google. But, your mileage may vary.
It makes perfect sense and entirely appropriate for home/personal use. If you're in a corporate environment, disable the feature.
That's the thing. Every time you see a comparison of security in Windows and Linux, the users in Windows is always assumed to be the administrator, and you get all this FUD about how insecure Windows is. The proper comparison would be to a Windows machine where the user is logged in as a limited user. In that case, it's as secure as a Linux box.
Why would an appliance be running Fedora?
How does the worm get on the system?
Because of all the signed malware out there? This is a minimal security risk at the worst.
Guest users? That's good...everyone knows that Linux users don't have any guests.
The GP was greatly exaggerating the abilities of ReactOS.
Those are the ports file sharing goes over. If you don't want them open, disable file-sharing or disable the exceptions for those port in the Windows firewall.
Why is software freedom biting people's asses?
Oh no, tell me you did not just shit on a Soviet Russia joke....
Someone come take this guy's geek credentials away.
In order to be a "threat", Apple would have to encroach on Microsoft's turf. Your examples like the Zune are instances where Microsoft is trying to get a foothold in Apple dominated markets.
Why the hell would I apologize for asking for a citation?
>Version 2 requires that GPL-covered code states clearly that it's covered by the GPL.
Which does you no good if the person you get your code from strips that out.
I was going to hire a murderer once and I looked into the relevant criminal statistics. Apparently 100% of murderers have murdered someone. Who knew?! Obviously I couldn't give him the job.
Hey, I'd keep my eye on veterans too. I knew a Vietnam veteran who woke up in the middle of the night holding a knife and standing over his son's bed. He'd been having some kind of flashback. Like it or not, after a story like that, I'm going to sleep lightly if ever I have a veteran who's seen combat sleeping in my house.
>they are better people now and wouldn't do the crime again.
LOL...how can you ever know that? All you can know is that they murdered someone 19 years ago and haven't murdered anyone while they were locked away in prison. You have no idea whether or not they wouldn't do it again, but their past behavior points to them being capable of it.
>German law is trying to protect them from people like you."
Maybe German law should focus a bit more on protecting innocent people from getting murdered.
>Yes, I know they killed someone. But they also served their sentence and now they should be given a second chance, whether YOU want to give them one or not.
So when does that guy that they murdered get a second chance?
Oh boo fucking hoo. They can't live a normal life after murdering someone...such a travesty. To answer your question, YES, those facts should always haunt them.
I suppose they could waste time and money going after the third party developers, or they could just release the code for a non-critical, freeware utility.
Yes, it would be. Students must turn in their papers to their professors. Programmers must turn in their code to .....?