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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:18:46 -0400
From: Michael Beattie <mtbeedee@gmail.com>
To: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
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Subject: Re: cat /dev/urandom
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`cat /dev/urandom` will do just that... it's not also going to run
code from within that output.

On 7/26/05, Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 July 2005 17:35, Michael Beattie wrote:
> > On 7/26/05, Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Quick question.
> > >
> > > shell# cat /dev/urandom
> > >
> > > can that executed as root cause any harm to the system?  What if a ra=
ndom
> > > sequence of `rm *` was generated... would it be executed?
> > >
> > > I tried that to fix my terminal and forgot it might cause damage as r=
oot,
> > > even if its just being cat'd to the screen.  I thought I saw some fil=
es
> > > fly by which would indicate an execution of `ls`....
> > >
> > > Just curious....
> >
> > If you had a file with an rm * in it and you cat'd it would it execute?
> > _______________________________________________
> That's a good answer, but what if the command was:
>=20
> `cat /dev/urandom`
>=20
> could /dev/urandom generate arbitrary and potentially executable code?
>=20
> I'm curious, too
>=20
> lane
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