Re: Risk of using Iceweasel / firefox

2007-11-01 Thread John Hasler
Jim writes: > If both Iceweasel and Firefox have problemes, which browser should be > used in Debian? All software has bugs. I didn't mean to single out Firefox. It was just an example. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Risk of using Iceweasel / firefox

2007-11-01 Thread hce
On 11/2/07, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug writes: > > It would only be a security issue if the permissions on your home > > directory and/or the execs themselves allowed others to execute them. > > I wrote: > > A buggy application (buffer overflow in Firefox...) or an evil bit of >

Re: Risk of using Iceweasel / firefox [Was Re: GLIBC_2.4]

2007-11-01 Thread David Brodbeck
On Nov 1, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:28:55AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Doug writes: It would only be a security issue if the permissions on your home directory and/or the execs themselves allowed others to execute them. A buggy application (buffer

Re: Risk of using Iceweasel / firefox

2007-11-01 Thread John Hasler
Doug writes: > It would only be a security issue if the permissions on your home > directory and/or the execs themselves allowed others to execute them. I wrote: > A buggy application (buffer overflow in Firefox...) or an evil bit of > JavaScript could be used by a "virus" to install a trojan in $

Risk of using Iceweasel / firefox [Was Re: GLIBC_2.4]

2007-11-01 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:28:55AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Doug writes: > > It would only be a security issue if the permissions on your home > > directory and/or the execs themselves allowed others to execute them. > > A buggy application (buffer overflow in Firefox...) or an evil bit of > Ja