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There are a million ways to proxy a store transaction. Guess what else the user can do: - Add trusted CA certificates. - Configure proxy settings. - Launch a
by teacup50 13y ago
There are a million ways to proxy a store transaction. Guess what else the user can do:
- Add trusted CA certificates.
- Configure proxy settings.
- Launch arbitrary applications.
- Delete all the users files.
What you're talking about here is sandboxing to protect the user from themselves, and all the lost utility that results. In other words, iOS.
- pudquick 13y ago- Add a trusted CA: will prompt for credentials - Configure proxy settings: prompt for admin credentials - Launch arbitrary: already admitted as much - Delete all users files: yup, that's a problem But the problems I illustrated aren't limited to the single machine that gets infected. Just clarifying.
- nknighthb 13y ago> Add a trusted CA: will prompt for credentials You've already social-engineered your way to getting somebody to download and run an application, ignoring warnings along the way. Prompts for credentials when installing applications are perfectly normal. > Configure proxy settings: prompt for admin credentials ??? Not on my machine. There isn't even a padlock icon in the relevant window.
- teacup50 13y ago> - Add a trusted CA: will prompt for credentials IIRC this isn't protected by the actual keychain file, and can be done by simply editing the file manually. Regardless, peer commentator already noted that password prompts are hardly an issue here. > - Configure proxy settings: prompt for admin credentials Actually, it doesn't. Additionally, browsers have per-user local configuration.