Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:21:54 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: [malware-list] Threat model for Unix Computers |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, J?rg Ostertag wrote:
> Another threads would be: > - giving access to the Desktop-PC to guest-users for > "just let me look up something in the internet" > and the guest-user on the Desktop not informing about the (in his point of > view) urgent installation of there beloved > Browser-malware^H^H^H^H^H -adware ^H^H^H^H^H -extention
if you give the guest user access to your account this is the same as the clueless desktop user.
if you make a new account for that user the standard *nix permissions and user seperation come to your rescue, they may infect that temporary account, but that won't infect the normal user.
David Lang
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