On 14Oct01:1241-0500, John McKown wrote:
> 
> Well, some of the HMC's are Linux based on what is basically a
> standard Intel PC. Most Linux systems have BASH installed. So it might
> not actually surprise me to find it on the disk, if I were to remove
> it and put it in another PC.
> Now, being able to _get_ to BASH is another story. But then I don't
> know how the GUI is implemented, so I can't say. For all that _I_
> know, all that dragging and dropping runs BASH shell scripts to set up
> and run other programs. Might be fun to see. But not worth my job
> should I "destroy" the HMC.

Debian defaults /bin/sh to dash and ShellShock demonstrates
why that is a good idea.  I would be equally stupified if
the HMCs and SEs do not have multiple trip wires, preferably
home-grown, to phone home at the first hint of intrusion, let
alone compromise.  I believe the stakes warrant that.  We
have no way to determine if these things are so, however.
-- 
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May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly!

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 You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then.
 Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe."
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