DBus - Security Implications

[Dave Feustel]

On Sunday 18 September 2005 18:50, George Staikos wrote:
> On Sunday 18 September 2005 08:50, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > I've been wondering about this for a while.
> > What are the security implications, if any, from using DBus?
> 
>   Are you inquiring in comparison to DCOP,

Not of DCOP, but of signal/slot security vs DBus security in general..
I am a KDE/Qt/QSA novice right now, so I interested in the comments 
of those with more KDE experience than I have.

>   or just in general of an app supporting an I/RPC mechanism like this?  
>   Of course we've been using DCOP for  
> a long time now without major security concerns.  d-bus has other 
> functionality which may result in different implications.  It is also, of 
> course, a completely different implementation.
> 
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> George Staikos
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