Edit: typo

  • dzervas
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    -11 year ago

    what kind of privilege separation? you’re talking about containers/namespaces?

    cause as it is linux desktop has 1 unprivileged user and that’s it. from an attackers perspective privilege escalation is irrelevant - you have access to the screen, keyboard, browser, files. there really is nothing left to gain from gaining root

    and if you have any reason to gain root, it’s super easy by just replacing sudo with an alias in .bashrc you’ve got the user’s password

    We REALLY need sandboxing and soon, that’s why I want to give fedora silverblue a try but my hopes are quite low

    btw windows is in a bit of a better place and M1 mac is in much better place

    • NightDice
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      11 year ago

      If you want sandboxing, isn’t firejail pretty exactly what you’re looking for?

      • dzervas
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        11 year ago

        I’ve not looked into fire jail in depth but I’ve read lots and lots of bad takes on it

        What we need is docker with a better graphics integration, in terms of both ease of use and security. maybe wayland can help in that (cause with X you just forward the whole management socket and that’s it, anyone can draw anything)

        There’s a chance that snap has done it right (I know that everyone hates it but there’s a CHNACE that they got it right in terms of security and ease of use)

        flatpak “is not enough” since the controls it gives you are not enough. first you need flatseal to disable stuff per application and the defaults aren’t good enough and steam for example REQUIRES access to the whole home folder which defeats the whole purpose