Your Distro is Insecure: Ubuntu

[Karl Goetz]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:09:08 -0500
James Dinkel <jdinkel at gmail.com> wrote:


> re-sending (this was before page 2 was available):
> 

> The home directory permissions is a tad more valid.  Even still, with
> 700 permissions, it is very easy to boot to a livecd and use root to
> bypass the directory permissions. 

Assuming you have physical access (which for most servers in racks, is
not the case).
kk

> The new encryption solution is
> much better in that regard.


-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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