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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>
Subject: Re: Making Gnus more worm-safe
Date: 06 May 2000 09:25:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vh0sta0r.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Felix Lee's message of "Fri, 05 May 2000 11:07:54 -0700"

Felix Lee <flee@teleport.com> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@iskon.hr>:
> > That's not true -- the code is displayed in an "*mm*" buffer.
> 
> the trick then is to write elisp that looks innocuous and
> useful but contains a hidden threat.  easier to fool people
> unfamiliar with elisp.

Currently, the end of the buffer is displayed.  This portion of the
buffer doesn't even have to be in Lisp syntax, the harmful part is
executed if it's located the beginning of the file. ;)



  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-05-06  7:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-05  5:45 Florian Weimer
2000-05-05  7:14 ` Pavel Janík ml.
2000-05-05  9:30   ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05  7:23 ` William M. Perry
2000-05-05  9:39   ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 10:05     ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-05 10:52       ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05  8:21 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05  9:10   ` Bjørn Mork
2000-05-05  9:33     ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-05 10:14     ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05 11:05       ` Bjørn Mork
2000-05-05 11:52         ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05 18:07       ` Felix Lee
2000-05-05 19:28         ` Bruce Stephens
2000-05-05 20:54           ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-06 19:26             ` Michael Harnois
2000-05-06 21:10               ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-06  7:25         ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2000-05-05  9:40   ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 10:14     ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-06  7:28       ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-06 10:41         ` Bud Rogers
2000-05-05 10:47 ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-05-05 14:11   ` Laura Conrad
2000-05-05 20:49   ` Laura Conrad
2000-05-08  0:15   ` Brian May
2000-05-08 13:57     ` Alan Shutko
2000-05-08 17:20     ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-08  6:48   ` Soeren Laursen
2000-12-04  4:21   ` Greg Stark
2000-12-04 19:16     ` Prefer text/x-emacs-lisp to application/x-emacs-lisp? Raja R Harinath
2000-12-05 11:28       ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-05-08 14:32 ` Making Gnus more worm-safe Toby Speight

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