Jamie,

I've been discussing this with the local LUG and the response is
unanimous that this should be considered a security issue.

I would like to ask you to reconsider your re-classification, and if
possible explain to us why this is not considered a security problem.

Regards,

Vik Olliver


On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 14:26 +0000, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security issue
> 
> -- 
> blueproximity has no locking option for KDE4.1/Plasma
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296085
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> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “blueproximity” source package in Ubuntu: New
> 
> Bug description:
> With the current Intrepid release 8.10, blueproximity comes with no
> option for locking the KDE4.1 desktop, only gnome desktops.
> 
> The old bodge of using dcop to notify kdesktop no longer works with
> Plasma:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface
> ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
> 
> blueproximity 1.2.5-3
> 
> This causes workstations not to be automatically locked when they were
> before the upgrade, and in a way that would be transparent to the user
> as they never actually see their workstation locked when carrying
> their phone. Hence the security vulnerability.
> 
>

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blueproximity has no locking option for KDE4.1/Plasma
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296085
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