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RE: [ADMIN] cygwin package search temporarily disabled
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:43:59 +0100
- Subject: RE: [ADMIN] cygwin package search temporarily disabled
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: 13 July 2004 02:21
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:18:00PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Folks,
> >
> >the "Search package list" functionality on
> http://cygwin.com/packages/
> >has been temporarily disabled due to security considerations.
> >
> >I can't say for how long this service will be down, but it
> will probably
> >be a few days.
> >
> >
> >Sorry for the inconvenience,
>
> The scripts are back online now.
>
> cgf
Remote command execution through incorrect escaping of shell metachars,
then? Thought there might be a way to get it to do that.
cheers,
DaveK
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