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  Taint mode
  Taint mode
  A way to force the programmer to be vigilant about user input.
  All data is 'tainted' until extracted via a pattern match.
  Useful way to make sure you don't just pass data along to other programs without checking it.
  Also places restrictions on the environment.

Copyright 2003, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.

Presented at SPUG, 2003.

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