From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 6 06:41:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA20172 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 06:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from devsys.jaguNET.com (devsys.jaguNET.com [206.156.208.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA20167 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 06:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by devsys.jaguNET.com (8.8.5/jag-2.4) id JAA00750; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:41:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Jagielski Message-Id: <199706061341.JAA00750@devsys.jaguNET.com> Subject: Re: Micro$oft FrontPage extensions? To: et@space.net (Thomas Eisenbock) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: jim@jaguNET.com In-Reply-To: from "Thomas Eisenbock" at Jun 6, 97 02:58:52 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thomas Eisenbock wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Steve Hovey wrote: > > > Ill get flamed for this but - I wont touch that with a 10 foot pole - you > > open security holes. > > Of course you'll get flamed, 'cause you are wrong :) > > The only danger is, that you have to execute binaries from a third party > vendor that may be able to execute other programs without your knowledge, > but that's why we use Unix ;) For some, the use of binaries without source is enough of a risk to avoid it though. Consider this, you're running FreeBSD and you have FULL access to the source if you want it, same with Apache. Yet to use FrontPage you have to plop a binary that you cannot check or modify on your server... For some, that may not be acceptable. Nothing wrong about that at all, just a matter of differing opinions. -- ==================================================================== Jim Jagielski | jaguNET Access Services jim@jaguNET.com | http://www.jaguNET.com/ "Look at me! I'm wearing a cardboard belt!"