Re: RPM security (a newbie question)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Todd Zullinger wrote:
By policy, there are things that rpm scriptlets should not do.  But if
you created an rpm which had a %post section containing rm -rf /, rpm
would run it AFAIK.

Oh! 8-O

I wonder how easy it is to create a rootkit/trojan horse/whatever
and get it loaded on Fedora users' computers.

You would need to create a trojan package and get it onto the mirrors,
signed by the Fedora package signing key for a particular release.
This is not an easy task

Really? Have you seen a list telling you who reviewed which package before it got signed with Fedora key?

Probably there are lots of packages reviewed by their authors only?

STF

=======================================================================
http://eisenbits.homelinux.net/~stf/
OpenPGP: 9D25 3D89 75F1 DF1D F434  25D7 E87F A1B9 B80F 8062
=======================================================================

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux