Re: Overwriting (internal) functions

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Wico de Leeuw wrote: > Maybe with a special function wich only exsist when not in safemode and the > replacement would be only in the current script. > > Maybe it's safe enough then? > > btw at what kinda security vulnerabilities. where you thinking? Imagine a user downloads a library that seems fairly benign, but it replaces the default mail() function with another one that secretly collects users's computer's data and emails it to the library author and then emulates normal functionality of mail(). This will be even worse when people start downloading compiled libraries without access to source code. -Andrei "I think it would be a good idea." -- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization...