Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:49:04 +1030 From: Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au> To: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> Cc: "Simon 'portlint' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>, markp@FreeBSD.ORG, Yonatan@xpert.com, freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Subject: Re: ports/48132: new port: log keystrokes of remote X servers Message-ID: <20030215194904.A30026@hamster.kyne.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030214205555.7b00f7be.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca>; from pnmurphy@cogeco.ca on Fri, Feb 14 References: <200302141219.h1ECJwik058765@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030214103226.07ec814b.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> <20030214183226.75f1a8cc.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20030214205555.7b00f7be.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:55:55PM -0500, Paul Murphy wrote: > That's why I prefaced my comment with the question 'any _legitimate_ > use?'. Port scanners, tcpdump, ethereal (and even rm) have uses for > debugging and security audits (I don't know about the others). I can > only think xspy would be used for sniffing passwords. Perhaps someone might like to log the keys they type in a particular application so they can review them later? I suspect if the app was called "xkeyscribe" it may be seen differently. It's a tool. The end user decides how they want to use it. It seems unfair to reject a PR without some generally accepted reason when someone has made the effort to submit it. Since there are other ports (all?) which can potentially be used for illegal purposes this doesn't seem to be a accepted reason. If it is generally accepted that some ports should be rejected due to their nature then it should be documented somewhere. PRs need to be handled otherwise they will linger without resolution.. Regards, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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