On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 04:59, Martin Schröder wrote: > The same applies to PostScript: One fixes security holes in the > interpreter (e.g. GhostScript) and doesn't worry about the > PostScript files.
Actually, afair, postscript is 'feature complete' on some platforms and has the ability to muck with filesystems. Having a postscript file nuke your homedirectory would suck, wouldn't it? I think ghostscript uses a 'safe' mode by default, however. In any case, lets say one of the scripts decided to use /tmp in a stupid way... I don't know whats possible in TeX, however. In any case, I agree with others in this group. Non-free is non-free. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ringworld.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
