-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/23/06 07:09, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > Hi Klaus, > >> >from the bash manpage: >> /dev/tcp/host/port >> /dev/udp/host/port > > This has been discussed several times [1][2], and the outcome was every time > that this should not be a feature of the shell, but of more specialized > tools like nc. Use those or recompile your bash. [snip] > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/04/msg01591.html > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/07/msg00121.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/07/msg00204.html It can produce completely unexpected results. C & Perl also can produce completely unexpected results, and C is a security nightmare, but we don't ban/disable them in Debian. What's the real problem with /dev/{tcp|udp}? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFZcF6S9HxQb37XmcRAu75AJ9S5N5WsO3+E55j4tPT/ef26icYCwCZAa1e bhf8OxMiQisYxeAymSOMpv0= =ztqT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
