On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:08:06AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > * #142317: mozilla-browser: strange middlemouse behavior leads to > > security problem > > Package: mozilla-browser; Severity: grave; Reported by: "C. Scott > > Ananian" <cananian@lm.lcs.mit.edu>; Tags: security. > So are there any objections if I clone this bug and reassign the grave > clones to xchat, ssh, vim, lftp, galeon, ytalk, etc? I've found that > middle-clicking into these programs frequently "causes the user's > private data in the clipboard to be accidentally sent across the > network". D'oh. Actually, I've found that xchat has rather nice handling of text pasting, in that it converts newlines into soft-returns so that you can review your paste before accidentally sending it across the network. ;) Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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