[ILUG] Ximian on Debian Potato

[Jerry Walsh]

This is going off track, the go-gnome installer is insecure it makes no 
attempt to BE secure.

The bottom line, if i'd the option of using the pipe script to root shell 
option and the port option i'd choose the latter simply because it's more 
secure. that's the bottom line, that's what i've been pointing out since 
the beginning. Nothing is totally secure and pointing out weaknesses in 
methods and how to defeat them proves nothing.

Oh and BTW, package dist. files are separate from the port files.

Thanks for your time !

Jerry.


At 12:34 26/04/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >>>>> "JW" == Jerry Walsh <jerry at aardvark.ie> writes:
>
>     JW> With this go-gnome.sh you pass it directly to a root shell, no
>     JW> checks no nothing
>     >> Same as with debs, RPMs or indeed ports from the collection.
>
>     JW> uhm... no.
>
>I've previously explained why this is so.  Anyone but a complete moron
>will alter the md5sums stored in the compromised package archive to
>match the altered packages.
>
>     JW> Checksums aren't just used to check if the package is damaged,
>     JW> they're used to check if the contents of the file is what it
>     JW> should be.
>
>When the checksums are stored in the same location as the packages,
>they are useless as an anti-tampering device since a compromised
>archive means that EVERYTHING is compromised, checksums included.