Why 4BSD 'stty' uses stdout instead of stdin

Guy Harris guy at rlgvax.UUCP
Wed Aug 22 15:40:27 AEST 1984


If anybody remembers the Great Security Hole in UNIX that was "found"
about a year ago, even write permission on a terminal can be a security
hole, if your terminal can be made to transmit the contents of the screen
or some part thereof.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy



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