PolicyKit and malware, was: What I HATE about F11

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Jun 23 17:42:26 UTC 2009


David Zeuthen wrote:
> (I'm not subscribed to fedora-devel so if you want replies from me don't
> remove me from the Cc.)

Hmmm, I can't directly CC folks through Gmane, the best I can do is to use
the KNode feature which copies the text into KMail.

> An example where 1. is useful includes, funny enough, a last guard
> against having malware dial 1-900 numbers in other countries at $50 per
> hour

That scenario has malware in it. So it contradicts your earlier statement
that:

> Anyway, the goal of PolicyKit isn't to fix the "cope with malware in
> your session" problem.

        Kevin Kofler




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