[Gretl-users] 'store' issues

[Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti]

On Mon, December 18, 2006 04:00, Allin Cottrell wrote:

>> May I repeat the question about the (im)possibility of shell
>> escapes ('!') in functions? Then one could call any external
>> engine one likes and provide a nice gretl function package
>> interface for others (and oneself). For example it may also be
>> nice to plug in some R routines in this way.
>
> I see your point.  My concern is to ensure that gretl doesn't
> become a vector for malware.  Maybe this is paranoid, but paranoia
> seems reasonable given the current state of the internet.  Anyone
> else have thoughts on this?

I agree with Sven. Being multi-platform is a big asset here. Even if someone
may conceivably inbed a line like

!sudo rm -rf /

in a script, I'm sure windows users will notice that the script isn't working
for some obscure reason and the above cunning stratagem will be rather
short-lived.

Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Facoltà di Economia "G. Fuà"
Ancona