Re: [Boston.pm] Historical question: origin of the idea of tainting
Bill Ricker via Boston-pm <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:57:56 -0400
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Archaeology ... it's even older. `taintperl` was a separate build as-of 2.0 Patch #16 (much as ORAPERL was a separate build in Perl 4), bcoming a mode in Perl3.0. > *perl* 2.0 patch #16 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/perl$20taint$20after$3A1981$2F01$2F01$20before$3A1990$2F01$2F16/comp.sources.bugs/h0Bb9I_0Rxo/jSFgVfdHiNEJ> Group: > comp.sources.bugs > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/comp.sources.bugs> > System: *perl* version 2.0 Patch #: 16 Priority: MEDIUM Subject: now > makes use of setre[ug]id() if available Subject: now creates taintperl for > *taint* ... > 11/19/88 by Larry Wall > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/perl$20taint$20after$3A1981$2F01$2F01$20before$3A1990$2F01$2F16/comp.sources.bugs/h0Bb9I_0Rxo/jSFgVfdHiNEJ https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/perl$20taint$20after$3A$3A1985$2F1$2F1$20before$3A1989$2F10$2F18