OT: RE: Security Question

I think this is off-topic for this list. It's more of a cryptography question than a Perl question (and it's not even really a question). -Original Message- From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: Security Question

From: WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Originally I asked this question around 1998, I'd like to see > if anything new has occurred since then because the client I > wrote the security code for which generated this key is *still* > using that application today - > > > Please, decode this key:

Re: Security Question

On Apr 23, 2004, at 9:04 PM, WC -Sx- Jones wrote: [..] Please, decode this key: SxEyj/gJs5pXISX11386025 Thank you in advance :) [..] My compliments to your wit. ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Security question re POST data

From: Shaun Fryer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please take into account that I'm new at this... > > Rather than using CGI.pm, I'm using the following library sub-routine > which was passed to me by a friend (I think from one of the O'Reilly > books). Especialy since you are new at this you should use

Re: Security question re POST data

On Apr 5, Shaun Fryer said: >Rather than using CGI.pm, I'm using the following library sub-routine >which was passed to me by a friend (I think from one of the O'Reilly >books). What I'm wondering is if Perl 5 has any built in functionality I highly doubt it was found in an O'Reilly book -- if i

Re: Security Question (follow-up question)

> Bob Mangold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > This is somewhat alarming to me because I hadn't realized this potential > before, but is there an easy way to check what is being opened. Would using a > -f() or -d() to verify that you were actually opening a file or directory do > the trick? Be mindfu

RE: Security Question (follow-up question)

t; > So don't be afraid to use 'open' if you know exactly what you're opening ... > ;) > > -Original Message- > From: Mooney Christophe-CMOONEY1 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:41 AM > To: Perl Beginners > Subject:

Re: Security Question

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Customer Service wrote: > I was reading a reply to a question this morning that stated that the open() > call is a big security hole because someone could put in ";rm -rf ." as the > value for $email. > What does ";rm -rf ." do? Why is it so dangerous? rm -rf deletes every

RE: Security Question

. ;) -Original Message- From: Mooney Christophe-CMOONEY1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:41 AM To: Perl Beginners Subject: RE: Security Question 'rm -rf .' is a unix command that removes everything in the current direcotry PERMANENTLY and UNCONDITION

RE: Security Question

'rm -rf .' is a unix command that removes everything in the current direcotry PERMANENTLY and UNCONDITIONALLY -Original Message- From: Customer Service [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:44 AM To: Perl Beginners Subject: Security Question Dear Sirs, I first of all