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.

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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
>>
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> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/perl$20taint$20after$3A1981$2F01$2F01$20before$3A1990$2F01$2F16/comp.sources.bugs/h0Bb9I_0Rxo/jSFgVfdHiNEJ
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> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/perl$20taint$20after$3A$3A1985$2F1$2F1$20before$3A1989$2F10$2F18
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