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Writing "/etc/hosts" breaks the Substack editor

(scalewithlee.substack.com)
603 points scalewithlee | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Y_Y ◴[25 Apr 25 14:13 UTC] No.43793778[source]▶
Does it block `/etc//hosts` or `/etc/./hosts`? This is a ridiculous kind of whack-a-mole that's doomed to failure. The people who wrote these should realize that hackers are smarter and more determined than they are and you should only rely on proven security, like not executing untrusted input.
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1. nickdothutton ◴[25 Apr 25 14:39 UTC] No.43794072[source]▶
See "enumerating badness" as a losing strategy. I knew this was a bad idea about 5 minutes after starting my first job in 1995.