Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 20:41:22 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running Apps As Root Considered Unwise [re: # amule, distributed apps] Message-ID: <5f35ad74-e690-3d99-249f-1b3615c083b8@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti285ra4yNpQp4SrwJDZhOxDurASx=xbwts_E%2BMhtgQmXkA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti285ra4yNpQp4SrwJDZhOxDurASx=xbwts_E%2BMhtgQmXkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/8/23 6:44 PM, grarpamp wrote: > On 2/8/23, Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it> wrote: >> root@marietto:/usr/home/marietto # amule > > Users should probably not be running random applications > that they downloaded from the untrustable internet as root. Wow, this sounds like an advise from MS world. In case of UNIX when user was saying "I crashed the machine" I replied: you do not have admin/root privileges. If something went wrong it is not your fault, but the fault of the system, and my - sysadmin's - who didn't configure the system secure enough, so regular user can not do damage to the system or work of other users on the machine. Just my 2 cents. Valeri > Far too many exploits/bugs have happened that way around world. > Use a VM or disposable, or remap IP ports, an unpriviledged user, etc. > > If people want to explore or make more ports, FreeBSD will compile > and run many of the newer distributed sharing/filestorage/chat/crypto > apps beyond amule too. Have fun :) > > > > > > -- > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWAwK2fHArc > https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=videos&iax=videos&q=voluntaryism > https://odysee.com/@Anarchast:2 > https://bitchute.com/ || https://rumble.com/ > https://twitter.com/NameRedacted247
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