On Tue, 08 Jun 2010, Tony Shadwick wrote:
> Although I must acknowledge this as a problem, this is somewhat the
> fault of a negligent systems administrator.
It's primarily the fault of the coder for calling out to the shell
instead of specifying the arguments directly using popenv or similar.
> So far as fixing -x...I just don't know. Maybe some sanity checking
> to make sure that there are no pipe symbols in the address being
> passed through?
-x has *already* been fixed in versions that are distributed by Debian
and Fedora, and presumably Ubuntu, Redhat and others.
Don Armstrong
--
[The] JK-88 [coffee] percolator is capable of acheiving the ultimate
balance of aroma and density, aftertaste and emollience, pentosans and
tannins. The next step is to reduce the cost of the HPLC-E technology
to the point where it can be manufactured for less than the cost of a
Boeing 757.
-- Charles Stross "Extracts from the Club Diary" in _Toast_ p83-4
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