Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base

[Wesley Shields <wxs_(_at_)_csh_(_dot_)_rit_(_dot_)_edu>]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:33:41PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Scott Long <scottl_(_at_)_samsco_(_dot_)_org> writes:
> 
> > Maxime Henrion wrote:
> > > 	Hey all,
> > > I have released a new snapshot of csup a few minutes ago,
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > >   - Executes (shell commands sent by the server, even more rarely
> > > used),
> > 
> > Are you joking?
> 
> Are you asking whether he's joking about (1) the idea of ever
> implementing it, (2) the fact that he hasn't done it yet, or 
> (3) the idea that it's rarely used?  All of those sound 
> reasonable to me...

I'm questioning (1) myself.  This just seems like a bad idea from a
security perspective.  Of course, some kind of sanitization could
mitigate the issue.

-- WXS
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