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And I would add:

  • Don't accept more than is absolutely necessary. Example: MSA's formmail.pl can be used as a spam relay because it accepts recipient as a CGI parameter. Don't do that.

    Only accept the minimum number of parameters you need.

  • Don't trust anything from the client--period. I've seen cases where CGI scripts claim to be secure because they check REFERER, which is trivial to spoof.

  • Don't ever use a script that tells you to chmod a publically accessible file to 777 (Example: here).

  • Be highly suspicious of code that's been updated one or fewer times in the last several years. (Theory: No one was defending against DoS attacks in 1996.)

Not that I'm picking on anyone, of course. However, I have been helping a buddy run down various spammers that are playing on his system. Guess where the currently identified problems have come from?

--f


In reply to Re: Essential CGI Security Practices by footpad
in thread Essential CGI Security Practices by cjf

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