I didn't really see too too much that was new on that article that couldn't have been found here.

Many of the vulnerabilities mentioned are things that should set off alarms in a programmers head in the first place. I can't imagine anyone actually providing a direct portal to files via a form. The SSI, VB and Javascript stuff was interesting, but I'd already read about that sort of thing here.

There was a tone in the article that implied Perl was not suited for CGI as it was not written with the net in mind, but neither was much else. I felt like b0iler was placing the responsibility on the language as opposed to the programmer. I didn't like that.

Every language has its vulnerabilities and good coding practice in any language is important. 'Twas a nifty little article and it had some valid points, but anyone who does anything in CGI should study the topic very closely before they use a script anyway.

In reply to Re: Hacking CGI - security and exploitation by meraxes
in thread Hacking CGI - security and exploitation by IlyaM

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