03-04-2018, 10:03 AM
(03-04-2018, 07:06 AM)NeonRed link Wrote:X.org lack a few very important security features that are critical for modern era usage and hardware:Effectively, with X.org, your display could be turned into a keylogger."
- All X applications have access to everything on your screen
- All X applications can register to receive every keystroke, regardless of which window said keystrokes are typed within
- Applications such as browsers can be remotely controlled such that keystrokes can be forged as if the user were typing them
- The xhost + option can completely disable any security on the display
Wow, does that mean that linux is far from the secure system we are led to believe? Keylogger? Not safe to be used for on-line banking and such like? I'm ultra concerned now about continuing on-line finances with linux lite. Or are the risks still negligable? :o
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2) Medion P4 32bit LL3.8 1GB ram, quite fast & stable
3) eeePC 901 32bit LL3.8 1GB ram, fast & stable
4) eeePC 701 32bit LL3.8 1GB ram, slower & stable but small and light enough to travel with me to New Zealand when visiting family in Blenheim.