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Fedora rejects SQLninja

Nov 12, 2010, 15:05 (0 Talkback[s])

"* SQLninja package review request submitted. All that it does is try to exploit vulnerabilities in SQL queries to give you root access on remote systems / root equivalent on Windows systems. (Package request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637402)
* Argument for SQLninja to be added to Fedora is that it is a 'penetration testing tool.'
* Where is the line between what we would take into Fedora b/c it is free software vs. how hazardous it might be?
* We never had an explicit policy on this; wanted to wait until we actually encountered it.
* RH Legal:"

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