Re: gemini support for lynx

yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:

oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:
 

NOTE: the following is a poor attempt at humor To everyone
but no one in particular in this thread:
>
Sheesus... just pipe "gemget" output to "less", and be
done with.... ;-)

 
Less?
Pure bloat!
Your terminal's scrollback is all you need.
 
.-----------------------------------------------.
| $ printf 'gemini://geminiprotocol.net/\r\n' \ |
| > | ncat --ssl geminiprotocol.net 1965        |
| ...                                           |
'-----------------------------------------------'

May not be a bad idea :)
See:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32487
    less through 653 allows OS command execution via a
    newline character ... Exploitation also requires the
    LESSOPEN

Why less on Linux has this issue is very curious.  This is
on top if the xz backdoor.

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