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Re:Make Linux Fast Again (2019) by exikyut on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:49AM (#22832484)
> curl and pipe this to your kernel parameters

What an incredibly convenient idea that is!

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AAAAAAAaaaaaaaa [screams in infosec]

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Re:Make Linux Fast Again (2019) by aneesh297 on Friday April 10, 2020 @11:21AM (#22833913)
Can you explain why this is dangerous? Is it because there could be executable code in what's returned?
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Re:Make Linux Fast Again (2019) by petronio on Friday April 10, 2020 @12:17PM (#22834492)
Yes, and since it's just a URL even if you perform an audit it could have malicious code injected at any time in the future without your knowledge.
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