Firefox addon signing

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Aug 27 00:28:48 UTC 2015


Am 27.08.2015 um 02:21 schrieb Solomon Peachy:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 05:53:36PM +0200, drago01 wrote:
>> A better solution would be to add a mechanism that allows you to use
>> your own signing keys.
>> That way you have both 1) install self built extensions and 2) the
>> added security.
>
> ..and (3) a way for malware to install its own key, rendering (2) moot

that would imply that malware running as root and then you have already 
lost the whole game - pretty sure nobody meant "your own signing keys" 
writeable by the user firefox is running

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