Re: On saving clicks and keystrokes everyday...

[Remy José Cano <cano.remy.jose@gmail.com>]

Merci Jacques...Oui, professor Knuth used to craft seriously good
things like you pointed.

i am agree with you, i should be intercepted any call to system() [did
mean, by default]

however, since i committed to study and read any third-party source or
scanning every binary before its execution, besides the fact i
optimistically trust in Google, for now i (feel i) am safe.

I convinced one of the helpdesk's members where i am in order to
disable the secure mode at one of our labs... i explained him the
involved risks and my purpose as time limited user and he decided to
support me temporarily as a beta test stage on that matters.

If i last working safely enough time, maybe they will allow me to join
the helpdesk staff. Something that would add work load on my shoulders
but also fits to my goals...

Cheers,

A friend.

On 12/07/2019, Jacques Gélinas <jacquesg00@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, this will not work on my Windows computer, since system() is
> intercepted, as it should be (I do not want my hard disk to be held hhostage
> for a large ransom in Bitcoins):
>
> $ default(secure)
> 1
> $ system("date")
>   ***   at top-level: system("date")
>   ***                 ^--------------
>   *** system: [secure mode]: system commands not allowed
> Tried to run 'date'.
> $ \v
>         GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.12.1 (development 23932-643d17838)
>          amd64 running cygwin (x86-64/GMP-6.1.2 kernel) 64-bit version
>                  compiled: Jun  6 2019, gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC)
>                             threading engine: single
>                  (readline v7.0 enabled, extended help enabled)
>
>
> Already in 1980, Donald Knuth designed TeX to be secure that way.
> When PDFLaTex needs a pipe command to generate pictures with Gnuplot, the
> default has to be changed, and this is the same for GP.
>
> Jacques Gélinas
>
>


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