Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-22 Thread Martin Moss
Big thanks to everyone for the links and tips. Sorry for the ambiguous question, but was just passing on the ambiguity, to see which way you guys took it, as I was also annoyed at the ridiculousness of the question... Kind regards Marty --- Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19 Nov

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Matt Sergeant
On 19 Nov 2004, at 12:35, Martin Moss wrote: I've had an urgent request for a few paragraphs on the justification for the use of perl. In particularly mod_perl. Someone in the powers that be read an outdated description and thinks that using perl is a security risk - (I know, its not what you use,

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Steven Lembark
You better have one of those "powers that be" give those crazy folks at amazon.com a call and let them know that they are using an insecure product for their little shopping site. Seriously though, amazon.com uses Mason (http://www.masonhq.com/?AmazonDotCom) which uses mod_perl which uses perl. Th

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "John" == John Wittkoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Martin, John> You better have one of those "powers that be" give those crazy folks at John> amazon.com a call and let them know that they are using an insecure John> product for their little shopping site. And ticketmaster (gasp)!

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread John Wittkoski
Martin Moss wrote on 11/19/04, 7:35 AM: > All, > > I've had an urgent request for a few paragraphs on the > justification for the use of perl. In particularly > mod_perl. > > Someone in the powers that be read an outdated > description and thinks that using perl is a security > risk - (

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
I think you're getting mod_perl confused with mod girls. They wear white boots, and pose in magazines. On Nov 19, 2004, at 2:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) it seem's sexy one of those is a 'valid reason' above all others, see if you can tell which one ;> regards Steph -- Report problems: ht

RE: Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread stef
zantium and cryptic, thus enabling you to write yourself into a job for life. one of those is a 'valid reason' above all others, see if you can tell which one ;> regards Steph > Original Message > Subject: Re: Urgent justification for perl > From: "

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 07:35, Martin Moss wrote: > Someone in the powers that be read an outdated > description and thinks that using perl is a security > risk - (I know, its not what you use, but how you use > it thats the security concern). > > Any ideas? man perlsec to start with. There is pl

Re: Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
Justification using perl/mod_perl for what, and opposed to what? A security risk in what way? There's a 'Success Stories' page here, that might have some things you want/need: http://perl.apache.org/outstanding/index.html On Nov 19, 2004, at 7:35 AM, Martin Moss wrote: All, I've had an urgent r

Urgent justification for perl

2004-11-19 Thread Martin Moss
All, I've had an urgent request for a few paragraphs on the justification for the use of perl. In particularly mod_perl. Someone in the powers that be read an outdated description and thinks that using perl is a security risk - (I know, its not what you use, but how you use it thats the security