Hello all, I have a general question. I am currently using Active State Perl 5.8 and developing on Windows XP.
The code I am working on right now is basically a extensive Windows security scanner. I'm trying to look at such things as registry settings, file permissions, etc. However, I have had some problems finding the right modules to meet my needs. I really need to use the Win32::Perms module in order to have easy access to things such as registry key permissions, but it is not compatible with 5.8.

Does anyone have and knowledge or suggestions for this problem? Should I just download an earlier version of Perl? I've been checking the Roth page, and there is no indication he is going to update the module for 5.8.

Thanks for your help, I hope I asked my question clearly enough.

Take care.

In reply to Security Modules by jenwrenfer

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