R: root

[Michele Manzato]

Today I was in Wien airport which has wifi and is publicly accessible
(although you can't reach Internet). I was there with my laptop and I could
easily browse other devices nearby, and there were many. I also spotted some
iPhones which advertised their ssh service and some other devices which
advertised an ftp service.

Now, imagine a Neo (the FreeRunner, with wifi) with a ssh daemon running and
an empty root password.

Michele

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org 
> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] Per conto di 
> Schmidt András
> Inviato: venerdì 11 gennaio 2008 13.57
> A: List for OpenMoko community discussion
> Oggetto: Re: root
> 
> In my opinion there is nothing that the root account can 
> protect on a single user handheld device.
> Phones are normally used single user.
> When an application gets the rights for that user then it can 
> access all personal information and all network resources 
> (Wifi, GSM network). What else remains? What resource would 
> you protect with the root account?
> 
> SA
> 
> Nick Guenther wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 2008 2:58 PM, Denis <shulyaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Are user applications and GUI run as root? If yes, is it 
> safe? What is
> >> the root password in OpenMoko, by the way?
> >>
> >>     
> 
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