On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 10:24:02AM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > All packages can run things as root. Even the most simple game. > Doing clandestine things in a install-script is harder than in a > binary.
#!/bin/sh /usr/games/mygame --update-score-file-format ...with the malicious code in the game source itself seems pretty clandestine. Self-modifying postinsts are probably possible too, with some care. Cheers, aj, thinking like a criminal since 1978 -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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