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dbus-daemon(1): Recommend requiring EXTERNAL on non-Windows OSs

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This is the default, and blocks TCP-based attacks by making the
attacker fail to authenticate (while also preventing inadvisable
TCP-based configurations from working).

Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106004
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Ralf Habacker <ralf.habacker@freenet.de>
Reviewed-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>
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Simon McVittie 2018-04-12 14:09:19 +01:00
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@ -491,6 +491,10 @@ exist, then all known mechanisms are allowed. If there are multiple
&lt;auth&gt; elements, all the listed mechanisms are allowed. The order in
which mechanisms are listed is not meaningful.</para>
<para>On non-Windows operating systems, allowing only the
<literal>EXTERNAL</literal> authentication
mechanism is strongly recommended. This is the default for the
well-known system bus and for the well-known session bus.</para>
<para>Example: &lt;auth&gt;EXTERNAL&lt;/auth&gt;</para>