Le vendredi 03 juin 2005 à 13:02 +0200, R. Armiento a écrit : > And by 'disabled' I suppose you mean that the default setting of xscreensaver > randomizer does not pick WebCollage.
Also, the netpbm package, required by webcollage, is only recommended by xscreensaver. > Also, a user playing around in the xscreensaver/'Gnome screensaver config' > will > trigger the preview of WebCollage before it is possible to read the explicit > warnings in the settings dialog. The possibility of unintentional triggering > of sexually explicit content in the preview box on the screen while > configuring > screensavers is still bad. This issue may not be as grave as "porn by default > in kde", but people working for a company that supervise network usage could > still potentially get fired for the actions of the WebCollage preview. Maybe adding a warning in the hack list would be enough. > > Actually this shouldn't be a problem, as a hack crashing doesn't make > > the server crash. > > This argument assumes that the worst thing that can happen is the screensaver > process crashing. However, an image constructed with malicious intent could > let > an attacker take over the WebCollage process, and ultimately give full access > to the users account. Indeed, but with a correctly up-to-date computer that's not an issue. Another reason for not adding it to the default configuration, but not to remove it entirely. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
