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- Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:21
- Forum: Security
- Topic: Update Flash to 10.1?
- Replies: 5
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tue 14 Apr 2009, 22:10
- Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
- Topic: Multi-user derivatives?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1697
- 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?