[Bug 314408] Re: Please separate autodetected from locally configured printers

[Till Kamppeter]

I have changed the formulation of the subject and description somewhat
to make more clear what is requested. It also looks like that it is
rather simple to implement, so I have awarded this report with the paper
cut status.

** Description changed:

- The main reason why Debian/Ubuntu does not enable automatic printer detection
- in cups by default is that there is no way to tell apart locally configured
- (and thus trusted) printers from those which got detected automatically (and
- thus open the possibility of luring someone into printing confidential material
- onto a rogue network printer).
+ The main reason why Debian/Ubuntu does not enable automatic use of
+ network printers broadcasted by remote CUPS servers by default is that
+ there is no way to tell apart locally configured (and thus trusted)
+ printers from those which got advertized by remote CUPS servers (and
+ thus open the possibility of luring someone into printing confidential
+ material onto a rogue network printer).
  
- E. g. I have a locally configured "local_ps" printer, and an ML-1610 which
- comes through cups browsing detection. The print dialog currently looks like
- this:
+ E. g. I have a locally configured "local_ps" printer, and an ML-1610
+ configured on a remote server which appears through cups browsing
+ detection. The print dialog currently looks like this:
  
-   http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/screenshots/print_dialog_gtk.png
+   http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/screenshots/print_dialog_gtk.png
  
- the printers look exactly the same, I have no way to tell which ones can be
- considered trusted. It would be great to separate the locally configured from
- the remotely detected ones:
+ the printers look exactly the same, I have no way to tell which ones can
+ be considered trusted. It would be great to separate the locally
+ configured from the remotely detected ones:
  
-   |_| Print to file     |
-   |=| HP DeskJet 123    | room 10  |
-   |=| Samsung Foo Color |          | 
-   Automatically detected remote printers:
-   |=| ML-1610           | dagobert |
+   |_| Print to file     |
+   Locally configured printers:
+   |=| HP DeskJet 123    | room 10  |
+   |=| Samsung Foo Color |          |
+   Automatically detected remote printers:
+   |=| ML-1610           | dagobert |
  
- They can be told apart with the CUPS_PRINTER_DISCOVERED flag (see
- cups/cups.h).
+ Locally configured and automatically discovered remote printers can be
+ told apart with the CUPS_PRINTER_DISCOVERED flag (see cups/cups.h).

** Summary changed:

- Please separate autodetected from locally configured printers
+ Please separate automatically discovered remote printers from locally configured printers

** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: qt
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Please separate automatically discovered remote printers from locally configured printers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314408
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