nc "gaping security hole" menu config entry??

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Wed Apr 19 13:36:08 UTC 2006


On Monday 17 April 2006 18:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Nathan Angelacos wrote:
> > Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >   yes, it's amusing, but perhaps someone can come up with a better
> > > name for the nc "-e" option than GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE?
> > >
> > > rday
> >
> > Robert,
> >
> > FWIW, that's what the original netcat source called it.  If
> > compiling from original sources, you'd have to
> > -DGAPING_SECURITY_HOLE.
> >
> > (http://www.vulnwatch.org/netcat/readme.html)
>
> ok, this is one of those cases where i *don't* feel at all bound by
> historical precedent.

if you ever read through the netcat source, the option name makes sense ... 
personally i'd just keep it as is ;)
-mike



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