Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17740
interpreted = N
texte = Kenneth Grome changed the universe:> >Maybe it depends on the machine (PPC 9500), but we have tested it. Performance > of databases (especially acgi-calls) are faster without AppleScript... > > To me, performance is not just speed, it is also capabilities...But 2 seconds delay is a backdraw anyway, isn't it? > >Second - AppleScript is a security leak... > > ...disabling AppleScript does not > automatically make your web server safe from destructive upload files. > Especially when you're using WebCatalog!Agree - WebCat is a security leak too :-) We can't do anything against it, except scanning all customer folders from time to time to find the magic line in folders which are not entitled to use dna tags... > Because if you're letting ANYONE upload files to your server that have WebDNA > code in them,...Good thinking. Let's make a feature request: it would be fine to have WebCat preferences where we can set trusted parent folders from within WebDNA tags can be performed. No permission - no WebCat! > All I'm trying to get at here is that making an all-encompassing, blanket > recommendation that Mac webmasters remove AppleScript from our servers is NOT a > recommendation that applies to everyone.You think they are all killing AppleScript right now, because Peter Ostry from Vienna has said so? Look, I am just one voice of a small alpine tribe :-) But ok - one step back: Remove AppleScript if you do not really need it.Peter __________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Mike Heininger 1998)
  2. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  3. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  5. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  6. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  7. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  8. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  9. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  10. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  11. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  12. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  13. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  14. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  15. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  16. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  17. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  18. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  19. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  20. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  21. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  22. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Britt T. 1998)
  23. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  24. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  25. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  26. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
  27. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  28. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  29. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  30. Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Peter Ostry 1998)
  31. Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions (Bob Mosebar 1998)
Kenneth Grome changed the universe:> >Maybe it depends on the machine (PPC 9500), but we have tested it. Performance > of databases (especially acgi-calls) are faster without AppleScript... > > To me, performance is not just speed, it is also capabilities...But 2 seconds delay is a backdraw anyway, isn't it? > >Second - AppleScript is a security leak... > > ...disabling AppleScript does not > automatically make your web server safe from destructive upload files. > Especially when you're using WebCatalog!Agree - WebCat is a security leak too :-) We can't do anything against it, except scanning all customer folders from time to time to find the magic line in folders which are not entitled to use dna tags... > Because if you're letting ANYONE upload files to your server that have WebDNA > code in them,...Good thinking. Let's make a feature request: it would be fine to have WebCat preferences where we can set trusted parent folders from within WebDNA tags can be performed. No permission - no WebCat! > All I'm trying to get at here is that making an all-encompassing, blanket > recommendation that Mac webmasters remove AppleScript from our servers is NOT a > recommendation that applies to everyone.You think they are all killing AppleScript right now, because Peter Ostry from Vienna has said so? Look, I am just one voice of a small alpine tribe :-) But ok - one step back: Remove AppleScript if you do not really need it.Peter __________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Peter Ostry

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