[aklug] Re: browser copy-and-paste vulnerability

On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, bryanm@acsalaska.net wrote:

> As the linked comments point out, there are ways of getting around proposed
> protections. For example, if you paste into vi, the text could include ":q!"
> followed by the nasty commands. Pasting into a GUI text editor might actually
> work, as long as there are no keystrokes that could provide access to a
> command shell.

Uh, no, that would only work if you pasted into vi in command mode rather
than text entry mode. Something any true vi'er would not likely do.

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Received on Wed Apr 10 13:28:56 2013