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| author | Chris Kuethe <chris.kuethe@gmail.com> | 2006-09-28 20:23:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Kuethe <chris.kuethe@gmail.com> | 2006-09-28 20:23:08 +0000 |
| commit | 6b1c624fc2007b335a534d78853ec9de358e305f (patch) | |
| tree | 377868157a340d535fa349a5067cb4ba280e3943 /gpsd.xml | |
| parent | 5512ce47cdce9208d2b491f5c0aea8f25acc01c7 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-6b1c624fc2007b335a534d78853ec9de358e305f.tar.gz | |
Protect the | command by adding a -x command line option.
Experimental or debugging features which could damage hardware could
can be wrapped in
if (dangerous) { /* ... */ ; }
so that they will only work if -x is set.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsd.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsd.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -621,8 +621,11 @@ be sent to the gps receiver, packs them into a binary representation and forwards them on to the device. Hex encoding is used so that both binary or text (NMEA) commands can be sent to the receiver. The '=' is optional: "|64656667" and "|=64656667" both send the string "defg" to the receiver. -Use of this command is tantamount to connecting your receiver to an -untrusted remote user's computer, ie. it's dangerous.</para></listitem> +This command is similar to the ! command available over the control socket +but | is available over the network. To mitigate against hostile remote +users, the | command will not be honoured unless +<application>gpsd</application> is invoked with the (intentionally +undocumented) <term>-x</term> flag.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |