27 Feb
2023
27 Feb
'23
10:01 p.m.
The official Rust book lists a blind script grab from a website piped into a shell as
their "official" install mechanism.
To make matters worse, you can't "-O" it with curl as it is the root of its
host, so no filename...
- Matt G.
------- Original Message -------
On Monday, February 27th, 2023 at 12:55 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul(a)iitbombay.org> wrote:
On Feb 27, 2023, at 12:50 PM, Chet Ramey
chet.ramey(a)case.edu wrote:
Or the horror show that is
wget -O - https://some-random-place/random-script.sh | bash
(or worse, | sudo bash).
Seriously, people, just stop depending so completely on the kindness of
strangers.
Beware of geeks bearing gifts!