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Re: unblock request for gstm



* Ryan Niebur [Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:05:10 -0800]:

> Hello again,

> I would like you to consider allowing gstm 1.2-7 into Lenny. The
> primary reason is removing gaskpass, which has a security issue
> (explained below). The other problem I fixed because it can make the
> package unusable for some people.

> Here's the changelog:
>    * Remove gaskpass. gaskpass is just another ssh askpass program, and
>      doesn't do anything special. It does not grab focus, which means
>      that key loggers can listen in on what you type, aiui. Seeing as how
>      it is just reinventing the wheel, I see no reason to keep it around.
>      (Fixes LP: #276530, #276517, #276525, #276529, #276534)
>    * Do not explicitly set the ssh timeout, as that causes problems on
>      slow networks. (Fixes LP: #293240)

Unblocked, yay for getting crap out of users' systems.

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
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