Re: Bug#262507: ITP: resmgr -- resource manager library

2004-10-31 Thread Julien BLACHE
Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, >> Could you point out the security issues you see in resmgr ? [...security implications of fd passing] > While it may make sense on some public terminals or demonstration > systems, you do not want it on hosts where device security is > important.

Re: Bug#262507: ITP: resmgr -- resource manager library

2004-10-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 08:46:18PM +0200, Julien BLACHE wrote: > >> I plan to have SANE built with resmgr support for Etch, and I hope > >> other applications will support resmgr too. It can make life a lot > >> easier, and changes to the code are really minimal. > > > > It is, however, a security

Re: Bug#262507: ITP: resmgr -- resource manager library

2004-10-28 Thread Julien BLACHE
Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, >> I plan to have SANE built with resmgr support for Etch, and I hope >> other applications will support resmgr too. It can make life a lot >> easier, and changes to the code are really minimal. > > It is, however, a security hole; it's functionally

Re: Bug#262507: ITP: resmgr -- resource manager library

2004-10-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 05:03:43PM +0200, Julien BLACHE wrote: > For those of you interested, I've uploaded resmgr 1.0-1 to > experimental (must go through NEW, etc.). > > I'll upload a version of sane-backends built with resmgr support to > experimental when sane-backends 1.0.15 will be released

Re: Bug#262507: ITP: resmgr -- resource manager library

2004-10-27 Thread Julien BLACHE
Hi, For those of you interested, I've uploaded resmgr 1.0-1 to experimental (must go through NEW, etc.). I'll upload a version of sane-backends built with resmgr support to experimental when sane-backends 1.0.15 will be released (end of next week, IIRC). I plan to have SANE built with resmgr sup