Re: Is there something that can be done against this ???

Helge Hafting (helgehaf@idb.hist.no)
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:42:16 +0200

David Schwartz wrote:
>
> > The question is not : "is this script dangerous ?",
> > but "are you ready to blindly execute a shell script
> > (or any program) that you receive in your mail ?".
>
> Sure, as a user created solely for that purpose, it should be entirely
> safe.

It definitely ought to be safe. But don't run any script people mail
you in a test account - you'll be sorry when they exploit a bug in
your kernel or perhaps one of your trusted daemons...

Helge Hafting
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