Re[2]: Hierarchy of form/text/math variables

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2000

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texte = No, I strongly disagree. I could see a keep things insecure and weak switchin the Preferences, but this would make the WebCat program itself highlycomplicated and cause more bugs than anything else. I would rather not upgradeor (more likely) rewrite all of my code, rather than keep the lax security modelany longer. That is what major releases are all about; change happens,especially in this industry, deal with it or get into another line of work.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: Hierarchy of form/text/math variables Author: Date: 5/1/2000 9:05 AMOnce I figured out how to use Ken's system so that I could keep the form and the form action on the same template allowing me to display the form with blank values the first time through and with entered values when redisplaying for an error condition... I've used it everywhere. Please add another vote in the keep thing the way they are category. John Butler's idea seems great and is usable right now.At 7:43 AM 5/1/00, John Butler wrote:>for me so far, this kind of thing:>>> When I depend on variables to be secure, I run a routine at the top of the>> page similar to this:>> [formvariables]>> [showif [name]^SecureUser,IsValidAccount,IsAdmin]>> [authenticate Futile Hacker]>> [/showif]>> [/formvariables]>>has been security and simplicity enough. I rely on overrideable >vars much more than I>need to check for hackers using the security hole...>I don't see why simply providing this in the docs wouldn't be all >that is needed here.#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re[2]: Hierarchy of form/text/math variables (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)

No, I strongly disagree. I could see a keep things insecure and weak switchin the Preferences, but this would make the WebCat program itself highlycomplicated and cause more bugs than anything else. I would rather not upgradeor (more likely) rewrite all of my code, rather than keep the lax security modelany longer. That is what major releases are all about; change happens,especially in this industry, deal with it or get into another line of work.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: Hierarchy of form/text/math variables Author: Date: 5/1/2000 9:05 AMOnce I figured out how to use Ken's system so that I could keep the form and the form action on the same template allowing me to display the form with blank values the first time through and with entered values when redisplaying for an error condition... I've used it everywhere. Please add another vote in the keep thing the way they are category. John Butler's idea seems great and is usable right now.At 7:43 AM 5/1/00, John Butler wrote:>for me so far, this kind of thing:>>> When I depend on variables to be secure, I run a routine at the top of the>> page similar to this:>> [formvariables]>> [showif [name]^SecureUser,IsValidAccount,IsAdmin]>> [authenticate Futile Hacker]>> [/showif]>> [/formvariables]>>has been security and simplicity enough. I rely on overrideable >vars much more than I>need to check for hackers using the security hole...>I don't see why simply providing this in the docs wouldn't be all >that is needed here.#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to jpeacock@univpress.com

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