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Re:Capability Myths Demolished (2003) by fnord123 on Thursday April 02, 2020 @06:54PM (#22764714)
Undecidability means loading your configuration could never complete or could consume an indeterminate amount of resources. Which means it's a security concern as a bad config can DOS your system.

This type of attack exists even without Turing-complete config but just with references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack

> Also, we could change Turing completeness into something less powerful, for instance programs without loops.

Yes, this is a strategy. For example BPF does not support loops.

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