Re: [Tails-dev] incremental upgrades: phase one almost done,…

On 21/08/12 21:52, intrigeri wrote:
>> ## Line 319
>
>> "The system was successfully updated."
>> "It is now running in a special mode which is not safe for normal use."
>> "You should reboot <b>as soon as possible."
>> "Shutdown the system <i>now</i>?"
>
>> → "The system was successfully updated."
>> "It is now running in a special mode which is not safe for normal use."
>> "You should restart your computer <b>as soon as possible</b>."
>> "Shutdown the computer <i>now</i>?"
>
> Applied.
>
>> About the second line, the information it brings is not clear to me. Is
>> it not safe as in "privacy" or as in "reliability"?
>
> Security: the system partition was remounted read-write for the update
> to be applied. See commit 2325927 for details about why we don't
> remount it read-only at this time.
>
>> What could happen? A crash?
>
> Worst case: a remote code execution allows a malicious program to
> install itself permanently onto the USB stick.
>
>> I would try to replace this sentence with a more explicit threat of
>> what could happen.
>
> Sure. Such as? :)

Indeed, that's not an easy one ;)

Is that any better?

“ The system was successfully updated.

The Tails partition on the USB stick is not write-
protected anymore for this working session. This is not safe, and
you should restart Tails <b>as soon as possible</b>.
Shutdown the computer <i>now</i>. ”