[maemo-developers] Maemo 6 Security questions

[From: Yves-Alexis Perez]

On sam., 2010-02-13 at 08:46 +0100, Kees Jongenburger wrote:
> In normal more:
> Will I be able to gain root access?
> Will I be able to debug/strace programs on the device?
> Will the end user be involved in the credentials a package gets  ?
> (Can I accept lower security for my own programs or change the
> policy?)
> Will the contact data be protected by the security framework and will
> I be able to export it?
> Will I be able to probe kernel modules or use /dev/mem /dev/kmem?
> what kind of protection are there against runtime attacks(buffer
> overflows etc)?
> 
> In "no drm mode"
> Will I be able to make phone calls?
> Will I be able to access the phonebook etc?
> Will binaries refuse to start because they get started in this mode or
> crash because they don't get what they want?
> Will all normal devices function (batter charging,wifi. phone functionality)? 

You might want to look at http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_security and
http://wiki.maemo.org/Talk:Maemo_security and maybe edit to ask more
question. Elena Reshetova has been editing it at some point so she might
answer (not sure if she's reading maemo-developers though). There's a
thread about that too at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32672

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

-- 
Yves-Alexis
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