Re: [LAU] FYI: ALSA information script

From: Fons Adriaensen <fons@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Mar 24 2008 - 12:04:41 EET

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:48:22PM -0400, R Dicaire wrote:

> Did I miss something? Nowhere did it, or was it said, that anything
> gets uploaded anywhere without your permission.

Just run it.

When started it displays this text:

  This script will collect information about your ALSA installation
  and sound related hardware, to help you diagnose your problem
  
  See ./alsa-info.sh --help for options

  Do you want to run this script ?

  [Yes] [No]

When you select [Yes] it will do its thing and upload the
result to http://pastebin.ca.

So where did I give permission to do this ?

This script will also update itself without requiring any
authentication. It's a big security hole.

Ciao,

-- 
FA
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