in reply to Perl and TCP port security

Generally Perl is a lot more secure than a C program. Although it can't be guaranteed free from buffer overruns, they are very rare and would be very hard to exploit. Make sure that the program runs with taint checks enabled.

Of course, there's nothing stopping an idiot writing a bit of insecure Perl code.

Dave.

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Re^2: Perl and TCP port security
by beable (Friar) on Aug 11, 2004 at 23:10 UTC
    Generally Perl is a lot more secure than a C program.

    But wait! Perl is a C program!

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      LOL!! :D

      But seriously folks... I think the intended meaning of that passage is: "Generally (any) Perl (script) that you write yourself is a lot more secure than a C program that you write yourself.

      The point being, of course, that the implementation of the Perl interpreter in C is molded/guided/governed/guarded by an elite team of uber-coders who answer (promptly and directly) to a large community of very meticulous programmers.

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