Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:44:30 -0500 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit Message-ID: <19980911124430.A15005@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.905450279.6815.patl@asimov>; from patl@phoenix.volant.org on Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 10:57:59AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980910174455.1831g-100000@bofh.fast.net.uk> <ML-3.3.905450279.6815.patl@asimov>
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On Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 10:57:59AM -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > No, I usually 'less', 'more', or even 'emacs' it. For two reasons. > 1) INSTALL is usually too large to fit in a single terminal window; > sometimes too large to fit in the default scrollbuffer. 2) It > might contain characters that would make my terminal window do > something I'd rather it didn't... And another solution that has thus far been forgotten: file(1). I use this routinely, on systems that have it, before I "cat" or "more" a file... -- drwho @ xnet.com -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ "Freedom of government is good, but freedom FROM government is better." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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