[cups.general] Win2K printing (yes I RTFMed :)

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon Feb 21 15:34:17 PST 2005


Robert Brockway wrote:
> ...
> Just one question.  Since it doesn't seem to impact printing under
> *nix and I expect would often be needed for printing under Windows,
> why is it commented out by default?

Because it allows users to send arbitrary data to a printer, which
is not generally a good thing... ;)

The default configuration is designed to provide a reasonable mix
of security and functionality (the raw printing functionality can
also be considered a security feature...)

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