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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:46:39 -0500
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: untarring a chicken I mean a file
Message-ID:  <20011120184639.A16282@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011120172210.A53989@grumpy.dyndns.org>; from dkelly@hiwaay.net on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:22:10PM -0600
References:  <200111201456.AA1966932132@florida-wireless.com> <20011120115606.P9030-100000@localhost> <20011120141240.A53581@grumpy.dyndns.org> <20011120153311.A14729@blackhelicopters.org> <20011120172210.A53989@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:22:10PM -0600, David Kelly wrote:
> Hmm. Wonder what would happen if ../ could be embedded into a file path
> inside of a tar archive? Could make a worse mess for those who don't
> expect it.

Ouch.  Okay, now you're just being mean.  :)

==ml

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