From: Jens.Schmidt-HH@gmx.de   
      
   Wil Evers wrote:   
      
   > Well, I can certainly see why it makes sense to inherit (or redirect)   
   > the standard input, output and error channels.  The thing I don't   
   > understand is why any other descriptor should be inherited.  How is an   
   > exec'ed()/CreatedProcess()'ed program even supposed to be aware of any   
   > other descriptor?  It seems to me that implicitly passing on any handle   
   > other than a standard one is just asking for trouble.   
      
   Unnamed pipes are a convenient method for passing data securely between   
   the processes. Other methods like parameters, environment variables, or   
   files can be observed by other processes.   
      
   This is e.g. used by programs asking for passwords in GUI environments.   
   Here all the security implications (often these are open questions) of   
   using a GUI are removed from the parent process.   
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