Re: [Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification)
Good morning and thanks for all the input. Your information has been a great help and it is my understanding that GIMP does not utilize System ports to operate. Meaning that Port 41 (Graphics) for example is not used by GIMP. All services are provided by OS. GIMP works at Layer 7 at the front end of OS. The certification is Enterprise (Global) mandate for any new software requests. to ensure it is safe for use through the Enterprise after going through several Vulnerability tests. The most difficult part is obtaining the information not necessarily the certification itself. Thanks again -Original Message- From: gimp-user-boun...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu [mailto:gimp-user-boun...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stefano Rovetta Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 5:20 PM To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Subject: [Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification) I think the poster was not asking about facts (is GIMP safe?), but about certifications (is GIMP certified as safe?). I don't think it is possible to reassure him about this. In fact, the GPL has a NO WARRANTY clause. If he/his customer wants something certified, I think he has to pay for the certification - which does not imply that the software is actually safe (there is no a priori way to tell this), but only that it has passed some tests. By the way... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? I don't know of any program that does not receive services from the OS. At the bare minimum, memory management (virtual memory) and process management (process startup and scheduling, execution) are up to the OS in all cases. I don't know how this question should be interpreted. --Stefano On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P USA CIV (US) wrote: Good morning, Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project starting within 2 weeks. IT department requires the software to be tested and approved prior to any new software being installed within our Enterprise. Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the desktop... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 etc ) ? are there any known vulnerabilities Appreciate your time and assistance. Thanks Rick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not produce CMYK output, just RGB. To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please visit http://www.gimp.org for details. The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no operational connection to the internet. No ports are opened. It is a stand-alone local program. Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in many shops. It is not scary. I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification)
I think the poster was not asking about facts (is GIMP safe?), but about certifications (is GIMP certified as safe?). I don't think it is possible to reassure him about this. In fact, the GPL has a NO WARRANTY clause. If he/his customer wants something certified, I think he has to pay for the certification - which does not imply that the software is actually safe (there is no a priori way to tell this), but only that it has passed some tests. By the way... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? I don't know of any program that does not receive services from the OS. At the bare minimum, memory management (virtual memory) and process management (process startup and scheduling, execution) are up to the OS in all cases. I don't know how this question should be interpreted. --Stefano On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P USA CIV (US) wrote: Good morning, Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project starting within 2 weeks. IT department requires the software to be tested and approved prior to any new software being installed within our Enterprise. Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the desktop... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 etc ) ? are there any known vulnerabilities Appreciate your time and assistance. Thanks Rick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not produce CMYK output, just RGB. To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please visit http://www.gimp.org for details. The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no operational connection to the internet. No ports are opened. It is a stand-alone local program. Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in many shops. It is not scary. I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] R: Gimp (certification)
Given the the OP's email address is in the .mil domain safe could mean anything from plays nicely with other apps to wont endanger national security. Perhaps a little clarification would be in order. On Wed July 6 2011 07:20:13 Stefano Rovetta opined: I think the poster was not asking about facts (is GIMP safe?), but about certifications (is GIMP certified as safe?). I don't think it is possible to reassure him about this. In fact, the GPL has a NO WARRANTY clause. If he/his customer wants something certified, I think he has to pay for the certification - which does not imply that the software is actually safe (there is no a priori way to tell this), but only that it has passed some tests. By the way... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? I don't know of any program that does not receive services from the OS. At the bare minimum, memory management (virtual memory) and process management (process startup and scheduling, execution) are up to the OS in all cases. I don't know how this question should be interpreted. --Stefano On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:39:39 am Baughman, Richard P USA CIV (US) wrote: Good morning, Have a customer requesting GIMP 2.6.x for project starting within 2 weeks. IT department requires the software to be tested and approved prior to any new software being installed within our Enterprise. Basically I understand GIMP to operate at the desktop... It is an application that receives services from the OS ? what system ports (if any) are utilized by GIMP ? does the program traverse internet (80, 8080, 443 etc ) ? are there any known vulnerabilities Appreciate your time and assistance. Thanks Rick ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Gimp is an Open Source program that runs on MSWin, OS X and Linux. It is similar in purpose to Photoshop but does not produce CMYK output, just RGB. To install Gimp you download it over the Internet. Please visit http://www.gimp.org for details. The user can click on the help facility and view the Gimp Manual in an html viewer. Other than that there is no operational connection to the internet. No ports are opened. It is a stand-alone local program. Gimp has been in use for many years on many systems in many shops. It is not scary. I know of no vulnarabilities. But I operate on Linux where vulnerabilities are seldom an issue. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] R: GIMP
I am on Windows XP Pro SP3 and I know of 2 ways to start GIMP: either doubleclick the GIMP-icon on the desktop or the gimp-2.6.exe file. there is a third way Click on Start, how you will do to make the programs list pop out, close at the bottom, at left you will see run there type the path for gimp exe (to avoid typo you can RIGHT click on gimp.exe, chose propriety and copy the path that should look as C:\Program Files\GIMP 2.6\bin\gimp.2.6 exe then click ok or press enter How to set beforehand the GIMP_DEBUG environment variable is way beyond my knowledge. also mine..anyway maybe start gimp from Run adding verbose will help something as C:\Program Files\GIMP 2.6\bin\gimp.2.6 exe -verbose (but maybe you HD is not called C) But nevertheless, I meanwhile found out that I have (a lot of) personal GIMP-files, and where they are: http://fotoalbum.seniorennet.be/incl/getimage2.php?imageid=1607079albumid=18832typeid=4 This fortunate discovery, I hope, will help me a lot to better understand GIMP. Sure..there you may see a lot of empty folders as script plugin brush,etc There you are supposed to add your extra, as third party plugins,scripts,brush In case of upgrade they will preserved (but instead,if placed in the programfiles folders,will be all deleted by upgrades) Below is a line actually copied from my own gimprc-file: (help-locales en) Perhaps it would have been orthodox to change this en to nl. But nevertheless my non-standard trick did the job? The HELP-buttons and the F1-key do show me the help I ask. From my locally installed html-base: C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\help\en http://fotoalbum.seniorennet.be/incl/getimage2.php?imageid=1607415albumid=18832typeid=4 As far as I am concerned this case seems closed. Thanks for the help. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
