[tex-k] secure mode of dvips should be default

Akira Kakuto kakuto@fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:33:25 +0900


From: Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
Subject: [tex-k] secure mode of dvips should be default

> I am a member of maintainance team of Debian's teTeX
> and we got the following report from a user.
> 
> We think this should be fixed in upstream because this is
> security issue and a fix for Debian local is not sufficient.
> 
> I wish you will fix it.

I think -DSECURE=1 will satisfy your requirement,
if you choose security rather than convenience.
-- 
Akira Kakuto