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Re:HardCIDR will query ARIN and a pool of BGP route servers by jlgaddis on Saturday March 18, 2017 @01:47AM (#13900085)
That shouldn't be an issue if you don't run it as root.

By running it as root, I'd argue that you did give explicit consent for the script to do anything it wants.

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Re:HardCIDR will query ARIN and a pool of BGP route servers by sigjuice on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:15AM (#13900162)
Sorry, no. The opposite, in fact. A script that demands to run as root on my computer needs to be extremely well mannered.
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Re:HardCIDR will query ARIN and a pool of BGP route servers by jlgaddis on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:21AM (#13900169)
I certainly don't disagree with that.

If one downloads and blindly runs some random script as root, however, you are effectively allowing it to do anything it wants.

It sounds like javajosh took the time to look the script over first which, of course, is exactly what one should do.

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