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in thread Alternatives to User::Agent?

Where does the script run an abritrary shell script?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Alternatives to User::Agent?
by sgifford (Prior) on Jul 20, 2003 at 18:37 UTC
    I agree, even though my script doesn't allow arbitrary code to be run, that leaving it lying around is a bad idea. If you're feeling particularly paranoid, you can create an admin directory of cgi-bin with a .htaccess file that protects them with a password.