From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 21:06:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65BA106566C for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [66.147.249.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BFD18FC1C for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24818 invoked by uid 0); 11 Mar 2011 21:06:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy1.bluehost.com.bluehost.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2011 21:06:46 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=lt7ae1+kDk3z63G9gHBTi1ZSo+6+icF5ZGCGGt7sal8JQkpdOykzpF3tyhGGu2bpiFRAEuvbB6Sz/R7gWBeVXYenbzFWv1xJ+4Yy5UGx4NDEgpBZ37/ENMUu2WjW8Dqf; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Py9Xo-00009X-M6 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:06:45 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:55:19 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:55:19 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20110311205519.GA86330@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: terminal emulators with secure keyboard capability X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:06:47 -0000 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those who aren't aware, XTerm offers a pretty nifty security feature, particular for cases of entering passwords. If you hold down the Ctrl key and the left left mouse button, a menu appears; the second item down is "Secure Keyboard". From the XTerm manpage: The Secure Keyboard mode is helpful when typing in passwords or other sensitive data in an unsecure environment; see SECURITY below (but read the limitations carefully). I recommend anyone interested in this feature read the SECURITY section of the xterm(1) manpage, of course. I won't copy all the relevant text here. Let it suffice to say, in summary, that Secure Keyboard mode in XTerm "attempts to ensure that all keyboard input is directed only to xterm (using the GrabKeyboard protocol request)." I have yet to notice any other terminal emulator with a similar keyboard input protection mode. Does anyone here know of any such terminal emulators, aside from XTerm, that do something like this? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk16jDcACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXVfACeMzLHbmZsy0fenrdb1RKBj5c+ wlEAnRepSUgZ8KpnkqloBnM69bk3Ln3y =7q+0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--