Re: Using apt on a security relevant system (esp: PGP/GPG, scp, perl)
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:43:19 +1100, you wrote:
>just about anything you can do in a perl script, you can do with sh and
>other tools (perl just makes it easier).
perl makes it easier. And some of the most widely spread root kits
don't work if there is no perl.
Making perl root-only would be a solution, but not a beautiful one.
Greetings
Marc
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