[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: > [...] > >> I actually do use pickle (not for this, but for other things), could you >> elaborate on the safety issue? >> > > >From http://docs.python.org/lib/node63.html : > > Warning: The pickle module is not intended to be secure > against erroneous or maliciously constructed data. Never > unpickle data received from an untrusted or unauthenticated > source. > > A corrupted pickle can crash Python. An evil pickle could probably > hijack your process. > > > Ah, i the data is coming from someone else. I understand. Thanks.
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