Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10?
What Gstreamer, Chrome, Tracker and Baloo mean for Linux Desktop security
- Track: Security devroom
- Room: H.1308 (Rolin)
- Day: Sunday
- Start: 13:00
- End: 13:25
Recently Chris Evans published a series of blog posts where he pointed out serious security problems of common Linux Desktop systems. A combination of automatic downloads (from Chrome), automatic parsing of new files by desktop search systems and libraries with a huge attack surface and support for countless file formats cause a very explosive combination. What's wrong with Linux Desktop security and how can we fix it?
Recently Chris Evans published a series of blog posts where he pointed out serious security problems of common Linux Desktop systems. A combination of automatic downloads (from Chrome), automatic parsing of new files by desktop search systems and libraries with a huge attack surface and support for countless file formats cause a very explosive combination. What's wrong with Linux Desktop security and how can we fix it?
Speakers
Hanno Böck |