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Watch out for running `strings` on untrusted input!

See e.g. https://lcamtuf.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings...




This makes me sad. Literally the whole point of 'strings' is for poking around in unknown files, and they managed to break even that.


Instead, do it like a pro and run it from a live CD or a throwaway VM. Any work on untrusted code should be done in an trust-reduced environment.




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