Re: Perl Browser Plugins

Anything that let you do this from the browser is likely to be a bad security hole to say the least, and there's certainly no way to do it with perl. I think you could probably write a plugin for firefox, but it'd be pretty challenging and it'd be a real problem if the plugin were popular as it would give remote attackers access to everything on the users' LAN.

... did I misunderstand the question?

-Paul

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Re^2: Perl Browser Plugins by bkiahg (Pilgrim) on Oct 29, 2008 at 18:44 UTC
These would obviously have to be downloaded and installed locally on the client to interact with the cgi applications. Sounds according to you that it wouldn't be a good idea to do it in perl ( :-/ ) So the question then becomes... does anyone have a recomendation on an easier to use low cost programming solution (think like perl!!) that would work for this type of problem? I know that Java and I believe C#/VB have options through Microsofts .Net framework to do what I'm looking for. But those are commercial solutions which cost money and don't usually come with the brilliant help found at sites like this.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Browser Plugins by jettero (Monsignor) on Oct 30, 2008 at 13:56 UTC
No, these same problems are a problem in any language. The reason you can't get to that stuff from any known plugin is because it's a security problem to be able to get to it. Java probably comes the closest, but it is carefully designed to not let you break out of the browser ... for a reason. -Paul	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Browser Plugins by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2008 at 14:52 UTC
flash will let you do it (malware)	[reply]