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Re:CVE-2019-9193: Not a Security Vulnerability by codedokode on Sunday April 14, 2019 @12:22PM (#19660263)
There is ssh which is secure and encrypted. There is no need to invent new unencrypted and insecure remote shell protocol thus increasing attack surface without getting any noticeable benefits.
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Re:CVE-2019-9193: Not a Security Vulnerability by jakobegger on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:06PM (#19660451)
How about not giving people superuser privileges instead of asking for useful features to be dropped?
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Re:CVE-2019-9193: Not a Security Vulnerability by minitech on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:25PM (#19660549)
It’s not a remote shell protocol, though… it runs local programs.
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Re:CVE-2019-9193: Not a Security Vulnerability by pgaddict on Sunday April 14, 2019 @07:19PM (#19662266)
Yeah, and it's super-useful in some cases. Say, passing data directly to gzip (or reading it from it).
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