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mkonrad.net · Oct 28, 2024

Restricted evaluation of user input in R

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I recently worked on a software project that required that R code submitted by users should be executed on a server. This, of course, is a security nightmare, as users can basically run any code on the server with the permissions of the R process that’s interpreting the submitted code. For example, a user may submit code using the system() function to manipulate and delete files on the…

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