[erlang-questions] A less trusting Erlang.

[Ulf Wiger]

Jacob Torrey wrote:
> Could perhaps the pid generation in the VM be made more random,
> therefore you can only gain access to pids that you know the name to?
> This seems like an obvious (and pretty trivial) solution to obscure and
> increase the security of the Erlang system.

You don't even need to bother with the pids:

{rex,Node} ! {'$gen_cast',{cast,M,F,A,user}}

...will allow you to execute any function on Node.

BR,
Ulf W
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