When I accidentally type a password in bash, I used to immediately exit so that the current commands in my "history" would get appended to the $HISTFILE. Then I'd vi (edit) that file (usually .bash_history) and remove the password. But this is pretty lame and I used to forget to do it sometimes.
Operating systems were invented to replace or help computer operators. Operators were people who sat in data centers and managed the computers' memory, and hard disk space. They were also the people who input programs and data into the computer. This was important because there was usually a shortage of memory and disk space. Often the operator had to manually type the program into the computer's memory by using a teletype machine.
Please forgive the formal sounding language here. I wrote this back in August 2007, and it must have been for something kind of formal, but I don’t remember what or why. Enjoy.
Purpose-built, Internet-facing servers (e.g., front-end web servers) have no need for n% of the functionality in their OSs and bundled applications. Yet these latter two groups of code are often the basis of the amplification and propagation of exploits.
Purpose-built, Internet-facing servers (e.g., front-end web servers) have no need for n% of the functionality in their OSs and bundled applications. Yet these latter two groups of code are often the basis of the amplification and propagation of exploits.