On Sunday 21 April 2013 11:35 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Chirag Vora wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Soumyanath wrote: >>>> Just saw a seemingly misinformation on website of a popular Electronics >>>> Website - EFYtimes.com. The article claims that one need to be extra >>>> careful while doing copy-paste in Linux. >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=104324&ntype=mor&edate=4/20/2013 >>>> >>>> Not sure if there is any substance in the claim. Can anyone comment on >>> this? >>> >> >> The article is inane and author has not cited any particular example to >> support his/her claim. >> > > +1. At least one use case example or cite a reference for the original > content. > > I expected better vetting of content by the EFY editors, given that it > publishes Open Source For You (formerly Linux For You). >
ehe, what is the date for this article and who is the author ? Seems like this itself is a copy/paste or rather a rehash of better articles posted on HN a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5508225 http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1bv359/dont_copypaste_from_website_to_terminal_demo/ While the actual concern is valid, it is along the common sense line of thinking about what you are doing, similar as "Don't click on links from emails that do come from a trusted source" Or "Always check the URL if you are being redirected to a login page". Here is an in-depth look at the issue (linked from the HN article submission mentioned above): http://www.ush.it/team/ascii/hack-tricks_253C_CCC2008/wysinwyc/what_you_see_is_not_what_you_copy.txt cheers, - steve _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
