On: Detecting the use of “curl | bash” server side (20...

[rascul]

How would it become truncated?

[bqmjjx0kac → rascul]

A cat unplugs the router?

[layer8 → bqmjjx0kac]

When a dog does it, would it be trundoged instead?

[fathyb → rascul]

In the case of curl it can happen if the server did not use Content-Length and the connection gets closed.

[Arnavion → fathyb]

All the presence of the content-length header would do is change curl's exit code when the connection breaks. The part where curl output the truncated script and bash executed it would be unchanged.

[Arnavion → rascul]

The whole context of this conversation is >If the connection fails for any reason, the script will stop, potentially breaking or corrupting things.