[Discuss] can one safely login multiple times to the same user on a modern Linux desktop?

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 12:33:35 +0000
"Edward Ned Harvey (blu)" <blu at nedharvey.com> wrote:

> this scenario.  It's just an esoteric point of paranoia, which you
> should care about only if you're an employee of the NSA or MI6.

Or a financial trading company with valuable software. Because nobody
has ever stolen a competitor's code.

Or a physics PhD candidate. Because nobody has ever stolen someone
else's thesis research.

Or an FBI agent with a list of a million iPhone UDIDs. Because nobody
has ever broken into an FBI computer and swiped such lists.

Or a web board operator with thousands of password hashes. Because no
web board password lists have ever been compromised.

Or your address book on your personal computer. Because no spambot has
ever built spam lists from personal address books on compromised nodes.


> In any event, this is certainly not useful discussion in relation to
> the OP, logging in simultaneously from multiple clients.

It's relevant to the security of such installations when there is
little or no physical security around workstations.

-- 
Rich P.