On 12/12/09 21:18, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On Friday, 2009-12-11 at 17:56 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
It is rather disappointing that nobody from Novell/openSUSE has bothered to respond to this because I raised (again), indirectly, this question about the security of Linux in my repost (see, REPOST: Most interesting.... etc) a couple of days ago in this forum.
There is a security list, if you really think this is a security issue. However, there is nothing in the world that can protect you from a trojan you install yourself.
Thanks Carlos. I know about the security mail list. But this is not what I am talking about. I see no reason why I, or any, openSUSE user have to subscribe to a - any - security mail list to begin with. Also, the statement that "nothing in the world ..... can protect you from a trojan you install yourself" is just a bit of a rhetorical statement considering that when you - as a home user - run something like openSUSE *EVERY* file/application you install HAS to be installed by "YOU" as superuser. Try calling up YasT. You won't get in unless you type in the root password. So, this statement is just a furphy :-) . But if you are also implying that I should be pursuing this in the security mail list then my response is that why shouldn't it be discussed in a broad issue mail list such as this but instead be hidden within the bowels of a very specialised, and boring for almost everyone, mail list such as security? :-) BC -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org