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Re: [Full-disclosure] Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default



nice try though

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Dan Kaminsky <dan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:01 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:41 CST, C de-Avillez said:
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>> > 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).
>
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