do. command. safety. ?

[Mark Waddingham]

Using do safely is the same as making database queries safe, or URL requests.

You 'just' need to make sure that any input from outside is sanitized to ensure that it doesn't change the meaning of the expression you are 'doing'.

For example, don't interpolate strings directly in the script using quotes, use a local var instead:

put user input into tVar1
do "put tVar1 into x" -- safe

Rather than

do "put " && quote & user input & quote && "into x" -- not safe 

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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> On 30 Mar 2018, at 16:43, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Geniuses
> 
> Sometimes.... late at night just before falling asleep I think about the
> dangers of the do command.  Is it possible to inject code into this
> mechanism through malware?
> 
> I do not have enough understanding of operating systems and their processes
> ...and the livecode engine....to be able to know if its a reasonable
> question or not.
> 
> Thanks for any input on this.
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