Guile security vulnerability w/ listening on localhost + port

Posted Oct 14, 2016 15:42 UTC (Fri) by niner (subscriber, #26151)
In reply to: Guile security vulnerability w/ listening on localhost + port by drag
Parent article: Guile security vulnerability w/ listening on localhost + port

Right now, half of the time I click a link in some application, the opened chromium window greets me with a failure to open my profile because it didn't notice that chromium was already running and started another one.

My faith in a working solution with added security is less than noteworthy.

Guile security vulnerability w/ listening on localhost + port

Posted Oct 14, 2016 16:46 UTC (Fri) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

bugs happen. You should file a report.

$ echo 'cow' > index.html
$ xdg-open index.html

works well for me.

I have found that a lot of applications try to be 'too smart' about things when trying to launch other 'helper' applications. They try to create their own solutions instead of just using the 'standardized' interfaces like the ones defined by the 'X Desktop Group'. Especially anything to do with email tends to be nightmarishly incorrect and/or cludgy since much of what gets installed pre-dates xdg stuff.

And, besides, even if your stuff is broken wouldn't it be better to have it 'broken and more secure' then 'broken and less secure'?