From: Danny Sofer <danny@...>
Date: 2001-04-06T07:40:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:13520] Re: Ruby web hosting requirements


"Mitch Helle-Morrissey" <mhelle@bridge.com> wrote in message
news:002601c0bdd8$a735cb40$a79b4ca7@dev.fis.bridge.com...
> > if a hosting service offers full cgi access, you
> > could always run
> > ruby and eruby from your cgi-bin.
>
> Wouldn't this be a HUGE security hole?  I hope you're not suggesting
dumping
> the interpreter into the cgi-bin.  This is a classic problem in the Perl
> world...  See Q5.3 on
> http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/cgi/perl-cgi-faq.html
>

good point. although a decent hosting service (like pair.com) will provide
file space outside the web root, so the diy root is still available (as long
as you're more careful than i am!).