From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "Helge Hafting" <helgehaf@idb.hist.no>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Is there something that can be done against this ???
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:10:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMMEPDDCAA.davids@webmaster.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B791CA8.29E97814@idb.hist.no>
> 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...
Well that's my point. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, it's
because you suspect that something is wrong with your system's security. Of
course, we don't go testing how scratch-resistant our glasses are by
attempting to scratch them. In principle, however, it should be safe from an
OS standpoint assuming your system has been configured to be secure.
DS
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-14 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-13 1:24 S2464 (K7 Thunder) hangs -- some lessons learned Eric S. Raymond
2001-08-13 1:41 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-08-13 5:12 ` Christopher Abbey
2001-08-13 12:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-13 15:18 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-08-13 15:46 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-13 15:52 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-08-13 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-13 18:56 ` Is there something that can be done against this ??? Mircea Ciocan
2001-08-13 19:19 ` Jakob Østergaard
2001-08-13 19:19 ` Ulrich Drepper
2001-08-13 19:20 ` Mircea Ciocan
2001-08-13 19:41 ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-08-13 19:53 ` Chris Meadors
2001-08-13 20:09 ` Admin Mailing Lists
2001-08-13 22:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-14 8:12 ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-13 19:24 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-13 19:34 ` Eli Carter
2001-08-13 19:32 ` Ben Collins
2001-08-13 19:48 ` Ronald Jeninga
2001-08-13 20:02 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-14 8:02 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-08-14 8:16 ` joseph.bueno
2001-08-14 10:00 ` David Schwartz
2001-08-14 12:42 ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-14 17:10 ` David Schwartz [this message]
2001-08-14 13:16 ` joseph.bueno
[not found] ` <9lb8vp$10q$1@ns1.clouddancer.com>
2001-08-14 16:34 ` Colonel
2001-08-15 9:08 ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-14 17:47 ` Scott Wood
2001-08-14 21:27 ` S2464 (K7 Thunder) hangs -- some lessons learned Eric S. Raymond
2001-08-14 22:13 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-14 1:45 ` Paul G. Allen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-13 20:00 Is there something that can be done against this ??? Per Jessen
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