Code injection attack to own a RoR site possibly?  That would be my guess.

- Nathan

On 6/14/07, Stephen Smith <4fires@[...].com>  wrote:
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>  Why should this inspire fear?
> 
>  On 6/14/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@[...].com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > kermit.class.instance_methods(false).each{|m|
>  > > Muppet.instance_eval("remove_method #{m.inspect}")}
>  > >
>  > > Note 1. kermit.methods will return all methods inherited or not.
>  > > Note 2. remove method is a class method, so it's evaluated in the
>  > > context of the class object, hence Muppet.instance_eval
>  > > Note 3: you could alternatively pass symbols for the method names
>  > >
>  > > kermit.class.instance_methods(false).each{|m|
>  > > Muppet.instance_eval("remove_method :#{m}")}
>  >
>  > Muahahaha! That was awesome! Soon the world will quake in fear when I
>  > put this information to use!
>  >
>  > But why doesn't this work?
>  >
>  > >> kermit.methods(false).each do |m|
>  > ?>     Object.instance_eval("remove_method :#{m}")
>  > >>   end
>  > => []
>  > >> kermit.methods
>  > => 53
>  >
>  > I tried it with Kernel also and no dice.
>  >
>  > Tried it with something else, though, and got a great error message:
>  >
>  > (eval):1: warning: removing `initialize' may cause serious problem
>  >
>  > Muahahaha!
>  >
>  > --
>  > Giles Bowkett
>  >
>  > Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
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