Re: [Boston.pm] Historical question: origin of the idea of tainting
Andy Oram <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:15:35 -0400
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Ah, so now it goes back to the 1980s! Thanks. Andy Oram | Editor O'Reilly Media, Inc. | 617-499-7479 | oreilly.com [image: oreilly_email_logo.png] <http://oreilly.com/> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:58 PM Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >