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

[GloW - XD <doomxd@xxxxxxxxx>]

yea, id also like to see how on earth Valdis calls this some kinda new
'root' problem... i dont see any problem with this, specially on THIS
type of system.. intended to teach people how to use Linux.


On 19 November 2011 06:32, Olivier <feuille@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/18/2011 03:10 PM, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:01 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx
>> <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:41 CST, C de-Avillez said:
>>
>>     > 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).
>
> My disk is password protected, and the whole system (except /boot) is
> encrypted. Ubuntu guest account is definitively the best way to hack a
> running laptop (or workstation).
>
> --
> Olivier
>
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