Paste number 143864: Not a bash bug

I would argue that the bash security concern is not a bug. It is clearly a feature. Admittedly, a misguided and misimplemented feature, but still a feature. The problem is that it was designed 25 years ago. Apache didn't exist yet for five years! Granted, the internet already existed, but it was still a more confidential club. Security in internet software and protocols were often just not conside

[amagitakayosi]

“The problem we have is not a bash bug, but is basically similar to the Ariane 5 bug: using a component from an earlier systems out of specifications.”