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Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:50:22 +0100 |
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Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
> This is arguably a security hole because it makes it too easy for root
> to find people's passwords (granted, root can easily steal passwords
> anyway, but it arguably shouldn't be *this* easy.)
If you are root you can read every process's memory, no matter where it is
stored.
Andreas.
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"And now for something completely different."
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, (continued)
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Werner Koch, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/22
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Sascha Wilde, 2007/02/22
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/22
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Sascha Wilde, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/24
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Sascha Wilde, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/24
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/25
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent,
Andreas Schwab <=
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, David Kastrup, 2007/02/25
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/25
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Werner Koch, 2007/02/26
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/27
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Werner Koch, 2007/02/27
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/27
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Werner Koch, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Sascha Wilde, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/23
- Re: Fix needed for communication with gpg-agent, Werner Koch, 2007/02/23