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From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Shell Shock
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 18:21:02 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 13 18:21:02 1984
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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