Re: Re: Re: Browsers as stand-alone UI

what did you consider it too powerful for?

I'd personally consider it a security risk. Safe.pm not withstanding, Perl doesn't have a lot of sandboxing features that are typical of browser-based langauges.

Also, would this same trick work under WinXP?

It should.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Browsers as stand-alone UI by simon.proctor (Vicar) on Apr 08, 2004 at 08:49 UTC
I am wondering how this is different to a script written in some VB derivative via the WSH. Surely that has just as much danger potential?	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Browsers as stand-alone UI by hardburn (Abbot) on Apr 08, 2004 at 13:12 UTC
I don't know what sort of sandboxing VB has available, but it probably does have just as many problems. This places Win32 sysadmins in a tough spot--nix people have been nagging on Windows to get proper scripting support for years, and now that they have it, they're forced to shut it off because of the massive security holes it creates. ---- `: () { :\|:& };:` Note*: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply] [d/l]