On Mon Feb 19 20:40:41 2007, Acadia Secure Networks wrote:
Dave,
if you think of the N800 simply as an entertainment device then
security is not a significant issue.
Hmmm... I only recently realized some people do consider it an
entertainment device.
However, if and when users start to use this device to store
important and sensitive info whether related to business or
personal use then OS and application security, and especially the
latter has to be properly addressed. It does not matter that the
LInux kernel is very secure because once applications/add-ons (or
whatever you want to call them ) which use a protocol stack to get
access to the Internet, then there is a risk that misbehavior of
such apps can result in a vulnerability, especially if the app
inadvertently breaks code.
Right, that's a reasonable stance, but I don't see where Nokia step
in - there's already a huge amount of literature on writing secure
programs on Linux, and UNIX in general.
If you're running network daemons on the device, you deserve
everything you get, of course, but even then, there's plenty of
documents and guides.
Dave.
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