>>>>> "HCTITS" == HCTITS Security Division <security@humancentrictech.com> writes: HCTITS> DUH... would help if I attached my attachment. Is this is repeat? I'm going to repeat myself then. YOUR FIX DOES NOT HELP. Please use my posted fix. >> system("echo \"$string\" | /usr/bin/festival --tts"); Replace this with open FEST, "|/usr/bin/festival --tts"; print FEST $string, "\n"; close FEST; No shells involved. Only DOS exploits and maybe the usual C-language overflows in festival itself. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!