Re: Ubuntu 11.10 now unsecure by default

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:01 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> 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).


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