RE: Can we top this security problem? (is this wise?)

I absolutely respect the coding abilities of swiftone and fine Monks who replied. But I also wonder if it's wise to post such code here at the Monastery. It'd be a crying shame to see PM added to proxy/firewall vendors' block lists.

My thoughts, worth exactly what you paid for them 8^)
cheers,
ybiC

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RE: RE: Can we top this security problem? (is this wise?) by Albannach (Monsignor) on Oct 05, 2000 at 19:46 UTC
I had a similar reaction for a second, but that's the old security through obscurity concept again, which has served us so well in the past (I'M KIDDING!). The abuses for the bad code are many and varied and really not that difficult to devise either (even I understand them!), so the solution is to try to inform (and perhaps frighten) those responsible for insecure code so that the holes can be repaired, rather than to pretend that the abuses can be kept secret. (my $0.02, and that's Canadian dollars!)	[reply]
RE: (3) Can we top this security problem? (my $motive = 'selfish';) by ybiC (Prior) on Oct 05, 2000 at 20:18 UTC
Well said, Albannach. I wouldn't argue with you for a moment. My motives are actually quite selfish - I'm behind a blocklist-subscribed firewall all day, and would be a very sad monk if it started blocking PM. 8^( cheers, ybiC	[reply]