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Article #1251Re: links - forget UNIX; what about AMIGA?
From: Bela Lubkin
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1989 03:38
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1989 03:38
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In article <23778@louie.udel.EDU> new@udel.EDU writes:
>As far as security goes, either
>don't mount AREXX: if you are unsure of what you are looking at,
>lock your hard drive while fiddling around, or (best) issue
>an RXC command to shut down ARexx while fiddling around.
>(Obviously best as it is easily reversed without rebooting.)
Perhaps better still: design the AREXX: handler so that the user may
specify devices from which it will refuse to run scripts. One could then
flag any device which isn't fully under your control -- DFn:, possibly
NET: drives, etc.
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