On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:24:51AM -0500, Dan White wrote: > On 28/07/10 10:28 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: >> No. The tools must not send debug messages without being asked to do >> so. Why does libsasl use syslog for interactive usage anyway? > It's a design philosophy of how libsasl attempts to perform debugging > since, in many cases, it's the only way (via syslog) that it can provide > feedback to the user or system administrator.
This is no "feedback", because I didn't ask for it. This is a DoS against the system via syslog. If you think this output is important, please describe what a normal user can read out of it, especially as there is no surrounding information. > This philosophy is briefly discussed in: > http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/imapd/install-configure.html Where is this documented _in_ the Debian package that the user must change the default syslog config? Bastian -- I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
