in reply to RFC: CGI program - any security holes?

Does anyone have practical suggestions of how to deal with DOS attacks.
Why are you worried about DOS attacks? The least you can do is adjust $CGI::POST_MAX and $CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS, but the general public shouldn't have access to this program, so you shouldn't have to worry about DOS, but you should read merlyn's Watching long processes through CGI.

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