RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Billy Shaw
-Original Message- > From: Morbus Iff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 July 2001 15:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: unix perl to win NT perl > > > >Apart from the dates on the top of the script, how can you tell it's old, > >and why is it bad stuff? &g

RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Morbus Iff
>I'm not competant enough to write a complete guestbook script, only to edit >scripts I find. Any ideas where I can get a new guestbook script? You could try the following (in that order): http://perlarchive.com/ http://www.cgi-resources.com/ http://www.hotscripts.com/ -- Morbus Iff

RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Sally wrote: > Apart from the dates on the top of the script, how can you tell it's old, > and why is it bad stuff? Because it was written by Matt Wright, and his scripts have been notorious for being porrly written, hard to maintain, and full of security holes. -- Brett

RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Sally
I'm not competant enough to write a complete guestbook script, only to edit scripts I find. Any ideas where I can get a new guestbook script? -Original Message- From: Morbus Iff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 July 2001 15:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: unix perl to w

RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Morbus Iff
>Apart from the dates on the top of the script, how can you tell it's old, >and why is it bad stuff? Much like cultures, programming evolves over time. It's old and bad because: 1. it's not written with security in mind. when the internet comes in play, security should be the number one

RE: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Sally
Apart from the dates on the top of the script, how can you tell it's old, and why is it bad stuff? -Original Message- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 July 2001 14:56 To: Sally Cc: perl Subject: Re: unix perl to win NT perl On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:13:24AM

Re: unix perl to win NT perl

2001-07-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:13:24AM +0100, Sally wrote: > I adapted a guestbook from Matt Wright to suit my needs, only it was coded > to run on a unix server, and I need it to run on a windows NT server. I > don't have the faintest idea on what I need to change to make it all hunky > dory, can any