Re: Bug#170069: ITP: grunt -- Secure remote execution via UUCP or e-mail using GPG
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Brian May wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:43:28AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > This could me especially amusing if the first, delayed email was:
> >
> > cd /tmp
> >
> > And the second was:
> >
> > rm -rf *
> >
> > (Dumb contrived example, but you get the idea.)
>
> I think the lesson here is that grunt is not a transparent
> replacement, for say ssh, but a tool that you have to think about
> using before using it.
In case it hasn't been mentioned, one could use sequence numbers, ala tcp.
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