TALK: ACK! (shell script vs. C code)

sorry folks... the filter will have to wait just a LITTLE bit longer... i
ran the shell script filter since last night... and it ran pretty well,
BUT, it seems to be a major security loop-hole in this system (i.e. people
can use it to by-pass security here). although this may be ascii-art, i'm
not allowed to run a feature like this if it's that big of a backdoor,
esp. to this account... i'm takin' it down until i can rewrite it in C
code... (this will be done DEFINATELY by wednesday... i have some work to
get done until then... sorry folks, once again... btw: who was the
off-campus user who was sendin' e-mail this mornin'? i should've kept log
files... 5:1 it's the scarecrow... :)

// d. < rogue: the thief in the shadows of his desires and dreams >

In article <JAS...@bigwpi.wpi.edu>,
enter the wasteland <jas...@bigwpi.WPI.EDU> wrote:
>
>sorry folks... the filter will have to wait just a LITTLE bit longer... i
>ran the shell script filter since last night... and it ran pretty well,
>BUT, it seems to be a major security loop-hole in this system (i.e. people
>can use it to by-pass security here). although this may be ascii-art, i'm
>not allowed to run a feature like this if it's that big of a backdoor,
>esp. to this account... i'm takin' it down until i can rewrite it in C
>code... (this will be done DEFINATELY by wednesday... i have some work to
>get done until then... sorry folks, once again... btw: who was the
>off-campus user who was sendin' e-mail this mornin'? i should've kept log
>files... 5:1 it's the scarecrow... :)

   Guilty.  I was just testing it out.  I've already posted the result.
It took a few minutes, but it worked well.  I had two sigs made, and got
the font list.  It tried another sig, but the resulting Figletized word
was too wide, so I sent back a note that it was too wide.

   Of the two, this was the best:

         _________
        /   _____/ ____ _____ _______   ____   ___________  ______  _  __
        \_____  \_/ ___\\__  \\_  __ \_/ __ \_/ ___\_  __ \/  _ \ \/ \/ /
        /        \  \___ / __ \|  | \/\  ___/\  \___|  | \(  <_> )     /
       /_______  /\___  >____  /__|    \___  >\___  >__|   \____/ \/\_/
               \/     \/     \/            \/     \/
         bob...@gagme.wwa.com - "If I only had a brain." The Scarecrow

   Not too shabby for automation.  It will be great when it's up and
running again.  Especially if it has a bunch of selections for fonts and
layouts.

   The following was what I tried that was too wide.  I wanted to see how
it looked in upper case graffiti.

--
  _________ ______  ____ _________ _________ ______ _______ _____ __      __
 /   _____/\_  __ \/    \\_____   \_  _____/\_  __ \____   \     \  \    /  \
 \____   \/   /__\/_ /\  \|      _/|   __/_/   /__\/_     _/  |   \  \/\/   /
 /        \        /      \   |   \|       \        /  |   \      /        /
/_______  /\____  /__/\_  /___|_  /______  /\____  /___|_  /___  / \__/\  /
        \/      \/      \/      \/       \/      \/      \/    \/       \/