Re: math variable security [MEDIUM LONG]

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texte = > It shouldn't too much imagination> to come up with ways to mess with the sites of almost anyone who has> posted example code on this list. You may not care if some user can> override your variable [IsHighSecurityUser] with something you hadn't> considered; I do and Smith Micro does.Exactly and I would too! But I don't care if they override:[mybubblegumchoice]and if I can derive some benefit from its non-secure state then thats myadvantage.Net.data on the OS/400 doesn't let you override the show sql variable, butthey do let you override plenty of non secure variables. With the option Ican do whatever I want at no cost to your security.How does this point elude you?Additionally, with secure=f no old code needs to be changed regardless ofwhether you like it. Well with the exception of adding secure=f. Then at myleisure I can recode old sites or leave them alone, at my risk. This makesfor a much easier transition and gives me time to read Programming Perl.I litterly have hundreds of sites, not just one to maintain. So majorfunctionality shifts affect me greatly.I don't know if you were around before the shift from WebCat 1.3 to 2.0, butall of my sites moved from one to the next with almost no effort. It was avery inclusive upgrade. I was simply hoping and asking for the sameconsideration here.> Get over it; it's> not going to be fixed in the next version because it is not a problem> now.Thanks John, your psychiatric help is a joy and helpful.-------------------------------------------------------------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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: math variable security [MEDIUM LONG] (Bob Minor 2000)
Re: math variable security [MEDIUM LONG] (John Peacock 2000)
Re: math variable security [MEDIUM LONG] (Bob Minor 2000)

> It shouldn't too much imagination> to come up with ways to mess with the sites of almost anyone who has> posted example code on this list. You may not care if some user can> override your variable [IsHighSecurityUser] with something you hadn't> considered; I do and Smith Micro does.Exactly and I would too! But I don't care if they override:[mybubblegumchoice]and if I can derive some benefit from its non-secure state then thats myadvantage.Net.data on the OS/400 doesn't let you override the show sql variable, butthey do let you override plenty of non secure variables. With the option Ican do whatever I want at no cost to your security.How does this point elude you?Additionally, with secure=f no old code needs to be changed regardless ofwhether you like it. Well with the exception of adding secure=f. Then at myleisure I can recode old sites or leave them alone, at my risk. This makesfor a much easier transition and gives me time to read Programming Perl.I litterly have hundreds of sites, not just one to maintain. So majorfunctionality shifts affect me greatly.I don't know if you were around before the shift from WebCat 1.3 to 2.0, butall of my sites moved from one to the next with almost no effort. It was avery inclusive upgrade. I was simply hoping and asking for the sameconsideration here.> Get over it; it's> not going to be fixed in the next version because it is not a problem> now.Thanks John, your psychiatric help is a joy and helpful.-------------------------------------------------------------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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Bob Minor

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