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Subject: Re: Zubscribe token...
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 04 Aug 1998 10:23:13 -0500
To: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Matt Perry's message of "Tue, 4 Aug 1998 07:08:57 -0400 (EDT)"
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980804070705.6416B-100000@primefactor.com>

>>>>> "MP" == Matt Perry <matt@primefactor.com> writes:

MP> But don't you think that if they know enough majordomo to send commands
MP> such as refuse-all, that it might also stand to reason that they can
MP> configure filters?

Well, they might not have filters.  All you have to do is put something
about the possibility of requests being forged and precise instructions and
you have a slim bug nonzero chance that they'll actually read enough of the
message and follow those instructions.  Admittedly that's a big if.  But it
certainly doesn't require any Majordomo knowledge at all.  (Just the ability
to follow instructions, which sometimes I think is just as rare.)

If the code wrote itself then this would be a no-brainer; right now I need
to concentrate on a few other things.  This will become much more of a
concern when more sites are using the software.

 - J<


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