It's not, your provider is simply lazy. -Rasmus
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Alan Hale wrote: > My Web hosting company has just withdrawn (with no notice) support for PHP > extensions on the grounds they represent security risks and they don't wish > to spend time and effort in evaluating and compensating for those risks. > > I'd welcome views on how reasonable this is. > > The extension I'm mainly concerned about is GD, which I rely on for > interactive mapping functionality. I find it hard to see how this is a > security risk, but I'm no expert and prepared to be enlightened. > > Many thanks > > Alan Hale > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 02/08/2002 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
