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From: <bardiazakeri@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: World writable speakup files in Linux next
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:20:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C282480D3BCD41CCB057819ECEAB306F@BardiaDator> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101213182110.GA29410@rivensight.dyndns.org>

how i can install spekaup on ubuntu?

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From: "Frost" <znvyyvfgf@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 7:21 PM
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: World writable speakup files in Linux next

> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 04:41:57PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>> No, you can't, because the loggued-in person might be a
>> virus/worm/attacker/whatever which compromised the user's account.
> 
> Then your security was breached already, and has nothing to do 
> with speakup.  Personally, I think it's far worse for security to let a 
> user have access to any and every mail client on the system, in case 
> they use it to spam the entire planet with it, and those are left wide 
> open on purpose. <shrugs> You don't see me clamping down restrictions on 
> those, just because someone *might* abuse them and lose me my internet 
> connection.
> 
> If it's a virus, then it's not SpeakUP's problem, but mine for 
> not following proper prophylactic procedures.  If it's a user on the 
> system goofing off, first they get warned, then they lose their 
> accounts.  Again, it's not SpeakUP's fault.  Having access to SpeakUP 
> from any console under any account *is* my problem, and I don't want to 
> go thru 20 different steps, just to kick up the volume a notch on my own 
> friggin keyboard.  I certainly don't want to have to go through 20 
> different steps every time I need to su to someone else to check if 
> something is working properly for them.  Secure SpeakUP on your own, 
> create your own distro, and release that if you want.  Stay out of my 
> computer.
> 
> Michael
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20101210190047.GA19219@kroah.com>
 ` William Hubbs
   ` Frost
 ` Christopher Brannon
   ` William Hubbs
     ` Samuel Thibault
     [not found]       ` <20101212182940.GB16883@kroah.com>
         ` Kirk Reiser
           ` Samuel Thibault
             ` Kirk Reiser
               ` Samuel Thibault
               ` acollins
                 ` Samuel Thibault
             ` Frost
               ` Samuel Thibault
                 ` Kitty Litter
                   ` Samuel Thibault
                 ` Frost
                   ` bardiazakeri [this message]
                     ` Frost
                       ` bardiazakeri
                         ` Littlefield, Tyler
                           ` bardiazakeri
                             ` Kerry Hoath
                               ` Littlefield, Tyler
                                 ` Arch Linux was: " Øyvind Lode
                           ` bardiazakeri
                           ` speakup and ubuntu, was: " Gregory Nowak
                             ` Littlefield, Tyler
                   ` Samuel Thibault
                   ` Michael Whapples
                     ` Samuel Thibault
                       ` Frost
               ` bardiazakeri

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