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Is using cat -v an appropriate way to sanitize untrusted text?
It is well known that a terminal tends to trust things which are printed to it through stdout/stderr, making outputting attacker-controlled data to the terminal a risky action. Is using cat -v an ...
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Can "cat-ing" a file be a potential security risk?
I often use cat on the console to view the contents of files, and every now and then I accidentally cat a binary file which basically produces gibberish and system beeps. However today I've ...
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