(a bad boy can substitute one object file with somethins like system ("rm -rf /") and destroy my server).

If anyone you don't trust has write access to the dumps you're in trouble whatever the data format and I guess that anyone with write access to the dumps can run any code he/she wants anyway.

The fact that you're using DBM::Deep only removes the risk of running code from the dump - it doesn't stop anyone from breaking your application.

Also, IIRC DBM::Deep doesn't really support objects, so if your probeset object contains references to other objects, they won't be blessed back. You might want to consider FreezeThaw or Storable.

update: I should probably point out that neither FreezeThaw nor Storable do automatic updates to the storage if the data in the object changes, so that could be a problem. As far as I know there is no direct DBM::Deep equivalent for objects.

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In reply to Re: Implement Object Persistence (II) by Joost
in thread Implement Object Persistence (II) by tucano

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