[Python-ideas] pytaint: taint tracking in python

Oleg Broytman phd at phdru.name
Tue Oct 15 22:56:41 CEST 2013


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:15:30PM -0700, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd like to start a discussion on adding a security feature: taint tracking.
> 
> I don't about anyone else, but I got a little problem with using the
> word "taint".

   Too late to discuss -- it's become a well-known term:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_checking

Oleg.
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