Ask HN: What systems allow remote code execution as a feature?

3 pointsby sbensualmost 7 years ago

I recently learned of Telescript[1], a programming language, design to allow clients to execute arbitrary code on servers.SQL databases also have a similar architecture, with the code being executed being much more restrained but still powerful.What other systems were designed with remote code execution as a feature?[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescript_(programming_language) and I got it from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLF7yfXFmUk

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noahltalmost 7 years ago

I’ve heard that early versions of the Dropbox client allowed engineers to remotely open a Python shell on users’ computers, for debugging purposes.

Someonealmost 7 years ago

The combination of scp/ssh.dtrace, if you consider the kernel to be ‘remote’.The Voyager spacecrafts (in general, unassisted remote firmware update is a form of remote code execution)