Re: An unusual question...

Date	2011-04-18 10:53 +0100
From	<wisecracker@tesco.net>
Subject	Re: An unusual question...
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.507.1303120383.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Hi Chris...

> It sounds to me like you're trying to pull off a classic buffer
> overrun and remote code execution exploit, in someone else's Python
> program. And all I have to say is.... Good luck to you.

Talking of nefarious usage...

I wonder what this would do left unchecked on a current machine and current Python install...

###

global somestring
somestring = " "

while 1:
        #print somestring
        somestring = somestring + " "

###



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Bazza, G0LCU...

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Re: An unusual question... <wisecracker@tesco.net> - 2011-04-18 10:53 +0100
  Re: An unusual question... Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-18 11:56 +0000

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