At 08:42 AM 4/4/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Dan Swartzendruber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, David E.Fox wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday 02 April 2001 17:06, you wrote:
> > > You could circumvent the issue and just chmod 666 your audio
> > > device files (/dev/audio, /dev/sequencer, /dev/dsp etc.) if you don't
> > > expect someone telnetting in and sending stuff out your sound card in
> > > the middle of the night and waking you up :).
> >
> > my machine is secure, so that isn't an issue.
>
>Well, actually, if you have a microphone hooked up to your
>sound card, you could have someone telnet in and *listen*
>to you, which may be more of an issue...
>
>But if your machine is secure, never mind - I just wanted
>others to think about the OTHER direction...
good point. remember the SunOS bug years back? the workstations with
integrated microphones, and Sun's default install made the microphone
device world readable?
