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In message <20111230164653.GQ50300@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>, Kostik Belousov 
writes:

>> Has anybody racked their brains to make sure this doesn't have security
>> implications ?
>
>I am wondering what kind of security consequences you have in mind ?

I don't have anything specifically in mind, but adding a new way to
communicate executable code always trigger my "is that really a good
idea" detector...


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