On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:41:16 +0400, Alex <peshk...@mail.ru> wrote:
> On 01/08/2014 07:22 PM, Sergey Mereutsa wrote:
>> Hello Alex,
>>
>> ... skipped ...
>>
>> A> I.e. on my mind the presentation is about nothing.
>>
>> The presentation is about "If you have armed gun - you can shut your
>> leg" :)
>>
>> I think, the main message idea from Marius is about default security -
>> i.e. by default FB after installation should not allow
>> _unprivileged_ user to make shot in his/her legs :)
>>
> 
> But all samples provided _do_ require privileged user (sysdba or root) -

> may be except
> CREATE DATABASE '<host>:<abritrary non-existent path>';
> Currently everyone can create new DB and become it's DBO.
> That's what will be changed in fb3 before beta1.

He simply demonstrates that once you 'own' a Firebird server, you can use
that to further exploit/hack into a server.

Mark

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