In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Will Andrews writes:
: > I'm still not sure about the shell environment actually buying
: > anything, but I could see how it might help.
:
: I'm not understanding what you're saying here.
I'm saying I agree with Garrett in that I don't see what checking for
valid s
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:20:48PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> First off, we do still have a significant part of the user base that
> is using older, slower machines. Many of them run embedded systems,
> some of which use apply(1). I have a big problem with this argument
> since it is doesn't un
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Will Andrews writes:
: What, exactly, are we trading off by making apply(1) a bit more
: paranoid? A couple extra cpu cycles? Maybe you haven't noticed, but
: these days there's almost nobody still using 100MHz chips. And out of
: the ones that do, how many will u
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:09:53PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> What is the reason for this change?
Paranoia. There's nothing wrong with a little extra paranoia in case
someone tries to use apply(1) through suidperl on a web interface.
Granted, it's not likely to happen, but you never know.
