Re: Book Recommendation: Secure web programming ?

2005-10-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Elfyn" == Elfyn McBratney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Elfyn> * Escape [shell] `meta'-characters - `"', `;', '|', etc. - in all user Elfyn> input. This is especially important if you hand-off user-supplied Elfyn> input to an external program (for example, `sendmail'); Even better

Re: Book Recommendation: Secure web programming ?

2005-10-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Hiya Randy, On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 03:30:23 -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote: > I know perl. I know some basics of web/CGI programming, but haven't > done anything where security really matters. Could anyone recommend > books or references that discuss real-world web programming, that > show the ri

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-29 Thread Rachel Coleman
> More Specialized book! The CGI.pm book ,, by Lincoln Stein ( creator of > the CGI.pm) ... highly recommended ...! I've found 'CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition' by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram & Gunther Birznieks to be very useful - it has a chapter on CGI.pm but also looks at a

RE: book

2001-07-28 Thread Curtis Poe
--- "Frank J. Schmuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curtis, > > Is this the book? There doesn't appear to be any code on the cover? > > http://perlcgi-book.com/ > > Thanks > Frank Yes, that's the book. The code on the cover is in a small, dark font and I assume that it simply doesn't render

Re: book

2001-07-28 Thread Ken Brakey
From: Curtis Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:48 AM > To: CGI Beginners > Subject: Re: book > > --- Larry Mullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any thoughts /comments on "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin > Meltzer

RE: book

2001-07-28 Thread Frank J. Schmuck
Curtis, Is this the book? There doesn't appear to be any code on the cover? http://perlcgi-book.com/ Thanks Frank -Original Message- From: Curtis Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:48 AM To: CGI Beginners Subject: Re: book --- Larry Mullis &l

Re: book

2001-07-27 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Larry Mullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any thoughts /comments on "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer and >Brent > Michalski? > > Thanks, > Larry I have a copy of it on my desk here at work and have been very pleased with it. Prior to this, I think the best book was CG

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.
More Specialized book! The CGI.pm book ,, by Lincoln Stein ( creator of the CGI.pm) ... highly recommended ...! Luck! . = Francisco Valladolid V Microsistemas Taking the Initiative! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.
Hello Brothers ... The beginning book for Perl is: Learning PERL, by Randal Schwartz's, there are a chapter over CGI Programming basis later I recommend skip to CGI Programming with Perl, from O'reilly . Good Luck !!! = Francisco Valladolid V Microsis

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Frank J. Schmuck
Liz Castro - Burn me once shame on you burn me twice I bought the first edition and was very unhappy. Even the code examples when downloaded have to be figured out as they aren't in a logical order like - chapter 1, chapter 2, etc. So I read on her site that the second edition covered more

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Stephanie Stiavetti
small and handy :) -Original Message- From: Curtis Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:53 AM To: CGI Beginners Subject: Re: book for newbee --- Mel Matsuoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Hel

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Mel Matsuoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > >I am a newbee, I have the book below. > >Is it okay to start with this book?? > > > >Perl and Cgi for the world wide web > >by Elizabeth Castro. > > NO > > Pretty terribl

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hello, > >I am a newbee, I have the book below. >Is it okay to start with this book?? > >Perl and Cgi for the world wide web >by Elizabeth Castro. NO Pretty terrible book, obviously not written by an experienced Perl programmer. Check

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Curtis Poe
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a newbee, I have the book below. > Is it okay to start with this book?? > > Perl and Cgi for the world wide web > by Elizabeth Castro. > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck If it is the first edition of that book, I *strongly* recommend against it.