Paulo J. S. Silva wrote: > mac_v, > > You raised very interesting point that the possibility of applications > asking the user for root access without proving themselves as real > system applications is a security risk. However I do not think the orage > icon can solve this problem. It is true that a malicious application can > fake the update-manager window. But a malicious application can also > fake the orange icon or whatever notification approach we choose, as you > are assuming that the "virus" is already running application under user > privileges. >
I did not suggest bringing back the icon , you are probably have me confused with some other member. but i'm for a *better interactive notification system* , in addition to notify-osd , *which is accessed ONLY by limited system process* . This way fake notifications dont arise either. cheers, mac_v _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
