Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:13:22 -0500 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au> Cc: corecode@corecode.ath.cx, markp@FreeBSD.ORG, Yonatan@xpert.com, freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, will@csociety.org Subject: Re: ports/48132: new port: log keystrokes of remote X servers Message-ID: <20030215141322.17e81af9.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <20030215194904.A30026@hamster.kyne.com.au> References: <200302141219.h1ECJwik058765@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030214103226.07ec814b.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> <20030214183226.75f1a8cc.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20030214205555.7b00f7be.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> <20030215194904.A30026@hamster.kyne.com.au>
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--F6=.CfudlLlreQ?W Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:49:04 +1030 Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au> wrote: > 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? > <quote> Xxspy is used to monitor keypresses on *remote* X servers. XIt takes advantage of an oversight in X Windows (R5 & R6) to find Xout about keypresses *even in "secure mode"*. </quote>[*highlights mine*] > 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 I accept that. > 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. > I also accept that. > PRs need to be handled otherwise they will linger without resolution.. > Closing them for the sake of closing them I don't accept. Yes, there should be a policy or at least some 'acceptable use' statement. That is my point. -- Cogeco ergo sum --F6=.CfudlLlreQ?W Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+TpFZTv5Mxsi/WPMRArlyAJ93lbdknJeOEzUeTyFzlMThGnwwtgCfdwhW nvy/ClCHuaac6P2zE71Nn+4= =UhGj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --F6=.CfudlLlreQ?W-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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