George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My concern was for someone running Netscape as root.
This should never occur. People should not run Netscape as root. (In a nutshell: Java.... The thought of running unknown programs as root should send a shiver down your spine...) > And thirdly, since the linux versions that have been "released" are > unsupported, it is possible that there will not be patched "releases" of > the earlier versions. This concenrs me if the exploit is made public > after the patched release of the supported versions. There have already been exploits made public on Bugtraq, I believe. And once Communicator for Linux is officially released, we won't have to worry about it any more. -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
