From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 15:29:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D64D816A479 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plcplc@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D47543D6B for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:29:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from plcplc@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x29so1054117nfb for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:29:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=XIMlgQgHf08Cp26O2gmCYPyKI7sL4Gi/BfymcSudE18WxY6INPvMarFg/YMeOzENK87mX4qW6QjEijgtiI4u3sv3pIsau/TnO2cPUEmN0hkTZVickPU+6d+EzXtH6RvwKhCgOL9AFzlBPrruaLALEVOCqiX999xJF4Rnow7/KNg= Received: by 10.48.213.1 with SMTP id l1mr5921520nfg; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.1.254? ( [62.79.82.201]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id l38sm5706828nfc.2006.06.13.08.28.59; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:28:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Lykke Carlsen To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:28:58 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200606121849.45538.plcplc@gmail.com> <200606122117.29276.plcplc@gmail.com> <448ECF5A.9090501@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <448ECF5A.9090501@computer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606131728.59050.plcplc@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Strange keyboard (viral?) behaviour X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: plcplc@gmail.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:29:23 -0000 tirsdag 13 juni 2006 16:44 skrev Eric Schuele: > On 06/12/06 14:17, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > > mandag 12 juni 2006 20:48 skrev du: > >> Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > >>> Hm. A little more research seems to have narrowed it down a bit. > >>> > >>> Apparently the text come from my sisters windows pc and is transmitted > >>> realtime to my freebsd machine, peculiar as it may sound. but at least > >>> now I have the means to look at the problem more carefully. > >>> > >>> But I am still at a loss as to explain how it continued typing even > >>> after I unplugged the network card (it's a laptop..), and how it was > >>> able to continue even in singleuser mode before the network had been > >>> properly set up (let alone plugged in at all). > >> > >> Wireless keyboard on your sister's machine and your laptop just happens > >> to have a compatible receiver built-in? > >> > >> David > > > > Hm. now that you mention it, that does seem probable. > > > > And sure enough.. looking closer, the typing stops when I unplug the usb > > wireless mouse/keyboard reciever.. it's just.. it has never happened > > before now.. and we've been using this setup for ages.. and I never had > > quite this success in keyboard transmitting range.. 10 meters at least > > and through at least four solid brick and steel walls.. > > hm.. i guess disabling usb-keyboards via devfs.rules or by removing the > > support from the kernel would solve the problem. > > > > But thanks very much. > > very much indeed :-D > > > > hm.. I wonder why I didn't at least consider the possibility of it being > > the wireless keyboard.. > > I'm curious.... > Originally you said it was playing back YOUR previous GAIM conversation. > Then above you mention "real time text" from your sister's pc. If it > is the former... your sister's pc may have a keylogger on it, no? And > may require some investigation. > Well, that is, I thought so. Because the text being replayed looked very much like the conversation my sister had had when she borrowed my GAIM a week ago. A little detail that I neglected to tell about . Heh, that just proves how very low the diversity in her conversations is :p So.. no keylogger in the end.. just the damned keyboard muxer.. > Either way, now (with wireless keyboard)... the keylogger only needs to > be near your machine, not installed on it. :S > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"