on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 08:25:20PM -0900, Ethan Benson (erbenson@alaska.net) wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:17:17PM +0100, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > sounds interesting to any other newbies, just do the following: > > > > $su > > Password: > > lynx -source http://go-gnome.com/ | sh > > this is the most horrifying thing i have ever seen suggested. this is > even worse then Microsoft's famous mail client. I'm with Ethan on this. The case isn't trusting HelixCode, it's trusting the entire chain to their site and back, including the site. ******************************************************************** * * * DON'T RUN BLIND CODE OVER THE NET AS ROOT. * * * ******************************************************************** Period. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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