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by Gullible Jones
Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:21
Forum: Security
Topic: Update Flash to 10.1?
Replies: 5
Views: 3382

[Edit: double post]
by Gullible Jones
Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:20
Forum: Security
Topic: Update Flash to 10.1?
Replies: 5
Views: 3382

Hmm, hadn't thought of the Java/Actionscript end of things. How difficult then would it be to write a drive-by malware installer for Linux, using a combination of e.g. a Java applet and a privileg elevation vulnerability? (Or, since we're talking about single user distros, just a Java applet?) Re th...
by Gullible Jones
Tue 27 Jul 2010, 07:03
Forum: Security
Topic: Update Flash to 10.1?
Replies: 5
Views: 3382

Update Flash to 10.1?

Puppy 501 currently uses Flash 10.0. This version of Flash is afflicted with a HUGE security hole. An infected Flash applet can immediately compromise a machine with no user interaction at all. Since Puppy has root as the default login, it's possible to install keyloggers and all kinds of other nice...
by Gullible Jones
Mon 03 Aug 2009, 22:53
Forum: Security
Topic: What makes Linux safer than Windows?
Replies: 98
Views: 64786

What makes Linux safer than Windows?

It's well known that Puppy Linux is single-user, running as root by default. There's nothing really novel about this, when you think about it; Windows XP Home runs as admin by default as well. (Yeah, it does have the System user which is more powerful than admin, but so what?) However, one of the ma...
by Gullible Jones
Tue 14 Apr 2009, 22:10
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Multi-user derivatives?
Replies: 4
Views: 1697

Ooh... Not good.

Is there a way to add a user and set up a login screen, and perhaps run system config stuff using sux? Or is Puppy simply not designed with anything like that in mind?
by Gullible Jones
Mon 13 Apr 2009, 22:42
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Multi-user derivatives?
Replies: 4
Views: 1697

Multi-user derivatives?

Hi folks... I've been looking for a while for a Linux distribution that isn't rubbish in one way or another, and Puppy looks like it might fit. However, I rather dislike the single-user thing. Are there any Puppy derivatives (other than Grafpup, which seems to be abandoned) that are multi-user?