Brian,

How is this any different from other tools like Firefox?
An end user can add plugins and Add-ons to Firefox.
Thanks,

John

On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 10:23, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Henry:
> 
> > .gkrellm2/plugins is for gkrellm client, it is used for gkrellm running 
> > to show the status of the local machine.
> > The ~/.gkrellm2/plugins-gkrellmd/ is used to store server plugins for 
> > user, so user can add some his own plugins, and then run gkrellm client 
> > remotely to get the relative information.
> 
> If I trick a user into installing a plugin which allows them to monitor
> my keyboard strokes, could such information be sent to the remote
> client?
> 
> What, if anything, can a system administrator do to prevent such attacks
> from being possible.  Can the system administrator turn off the feature
> which allows users plugins to be functional?  Is this feature off or on
> by default?
> 
> Brian


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