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.comOstry & Partner - Ostry Internet SolutionsAuhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austriafon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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