SQL Injection attacks are impossible to do against a Perl application ... so long as you use DBI's placeholders. If you don't, then SQL Injection attacks are just as likely against your Perl app as an app written in any other language. Ruby is the exact same way - there's even a section on it in the Ruby on Rails book. It says (and I paraphrase) "Use DBI placeholders to make SQL Injection attacks impossible."

Many things which are insecure are perfectly acceptable programming practices for situations that are known to be secure. For example, Shell. Shell is a great tool for sysadmins, but I would never put any program that uses it on the web - it's a security risk.

Security isn't about programming language - it's about process. It's about assessing the risks vs. the benefits and making a decision accordingly.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re^4: Attack on Perl or Perl's need better PR (again) by dragonchild
in thread Attack on Perl or Perl's need better PR (again) by wazoox

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