On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 08:45:35PM +0100, netbsd@wolfnode.de wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Christian Biere wrote:
> >
> > > Oliver Egginger wrote:
> > > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/portfwd
> > > > It works great, but I have to run it under root rights.
> > > > Otherwise I get
> > > >   wsconsctl: /dev/wskbd0: Permission denied
> > >
> > > Congratulations, you've installed a keylogger.
> >
> > Hm ... keylogger? I use this for one year now.
> >
> > Can you provide a quick proof for this or do I have to have a look at the
> > source?
>
> You should certainly look at the source -- you did build this software from
> source, didn't you? -- but I think Christian's concern is very realistic.
> Can you explain exactly why you think the software in question has any
> business opening the raw keyboard device?
>
> Incidentally, I have converted your message to standard quoting style.
> Please do *not* top-post on the NetBSD lists; it is annoying and rude.
>
> Thor
>

I don't know why he gets that message. I compiled this again and it IS a
really fine peace of software!

No "keylogger" inside there (I didn't find anything). I ran the executable
as a normal user and (of course) didn't get any message.

Florian