Autorun is VERY bad

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 15:00 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote: 
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:54 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2011/2/7 MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com>:
> >> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, kellyremo <kellyremo at zoho.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard
> >> >> Ubuntu install??
> >> >>
> >> >> http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > RTFM
> >>
> >>    Which one ?
> >>
> >>          Loïc
> >
> > Autorun is typically a feature of the graphics display manager (i.e.,
> > GNOME or KDE).  It is not inherent in Linux.
> >
> Come to think of it, this should be fairly obvious - the teaser shot
> of the video on the referenced page is an image clearly labeled as
> "Nautilus external thumbnail settings."  Nautilus has a help function
> (aka manual), Nautilus is part of Gnome, which also has a help
> function (and manual), and actually neither is part of Ubuntu or
> Linux, per se, so there would not be a Linux or Ubuntu manual for it
> (although the "Ubuntu manual" as it were is easily accessible on the
> web and anyone who has read even a tiny fraction of the traffic on
> this list would - dare I say should? - know).
> 
> I suppose I could have said that.

Heh, I agree. The extra verbiage is so much better than RTFM. Maybe RTNM
would do? (Read The Nice Manual) <chuckles>  Ric


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