Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Shell Shock Message-ID: <385@ukma.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 18:21:02 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.385 Posted: Thu Dec 13 18:21:02 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:16:46 EST References: <24900002@siemens.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 6 A shell is your easy interface to the operating system. It is a 'layer' below which are a bunch of system calls. It doesn't protect you from anything except complexity. Sean