Tambet Ingo wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 14:40, Michael Biebl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Tambet Ingo wrote:
>>> Attached patches fix DBus permissions for all NetworkManager pieces
>>> (NM, nm-applet, vpn plugins). For more information, see
>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2009-January/010807.html
>> wouldn't it make sense though, to keep the default deny rules in case you are
>> still using an older dbus version? They don't hurt and would make it easier 
>> to
>> provide backports for already released distros.
> 
> The security issue has always been there, so if your distro intends to
> update NM, surely it would want to fix DBus security issues as well?
> Also, from distro's perspective, wouldn't it be easier to just change
> the default rule than add deny policies to each and every policy file?

I'm not sure about that. The fallout of such a change is too big, so I haven't
seen an stable distro provide updated dbus packages with the more stricter
default policy.

Cheers,
Michael

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