Mark Galbreath <mgalbreath@(protected):

> Nic,
>
> You have not convinced me that CGI is intrinsically unsecure. Granted,
> servlets are a better alternative, but Apache mod-perl and php CGI with
> security policies in place make CGI just as "safe."
>

mod_perl and php are NOT connected to CGI.

mod_perl, mod_python, php, et al are all *in process*. That means a
separate process (with all the dangers that involves) is not needed.

In CGI a seperate process *must* be started to handle the request.


So your rejection is misconstrued.


Nic

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