Re: [jed-users] setting programming style

[Paul Shirley <paul.shirley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <200301161836.h0GIaL8l005843@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John E. Davis 
<davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> Paul Shirley <paul.shirley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The 'jump to error' support would make a good attack target for this
> > (with a few gratuitous syntax errors in source packages)
>
> Compile_Default_Compiler only has an effect on the regular expressions
> used when parsing compiler output.  The variables to worry about are
> those that determine what programs get run via, e.g., shell_cmd, etc.
> For example, XTerm_Pgm in runpgm.sl is one such variable.

Sorry, wasn't commenting on any specific action but observing that doing 
a 'compile,jump_to_error' would load a file and jump straight past the 
header. Its a very plausible way to exploit the security hole.

--
Paul Shirley

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