Package Reviews Needed

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Tue Jun 7 13:29:04 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 03:12:19PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Tom Callaway wrote:
> > pyrit:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691894
> 
> <SARCASM>Oh great, because a tool to parasite wireless connections which the 
> owners went out of the way to secure with the best available protocol is 
> EXACTLY what we need…</SARCASM>
> 
> Use of this tool is probably against the law in most of the world. (Some 
> countries even ban using unencrypted wireless networks without explicit 
> permission.) And I fail to see any legitimate use for this tool.

I don't think we should be making judgements about what people use
programs for.  Otherwise where will it end?  'nmap'?  'cp'?

(And yes, I *do* want to run this tool on my own wireless connection
at some point now I know it exists)

Rich.

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