'Re: .desktop security changes are committed'

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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: .desktop security changes are committed
From:       Michael Pyne <mpyne () purinchu ! net>
Date:       2009-02-23 1:58:45
Message-ID: 200902222058.48989.mpyne () purinchu ! net
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On Sunday 22 February 2009, John Tapsell wrote:
> 2009/2/22 Michael Pyne <BALEETED>:
> > "This will start the program '%s'. If you are unsure of the origin, click
> > Cancel."
>
> Could you try to sanitize %s somewhat?  Strip out ' and "  characters,
> cut it to 10 or so characters etc.  Try to make it difficult for
> social engineering through the program name.

Sure, shouldn't be too hard.

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Sunday 22 February 2009, John Tapsell \
wrote:<br> &gt; 2009/2/22 Michael Pyne &lt;BALEETED&gt;:<br>
&gt; &gt; "This will start the program '%s'. If you are unsure of the origin, \
click<br> &gt; &gt; Cancel."<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Could you try to sanitize %s somewhat?  Strip out ' and "  characters,<br>
&gt; cut it to 10 or so characters etc.  Try to make it difficult for<br>
&gt; social engineering through the program name.<br>
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