From: Phlip <phlip_cpp@...>
Date: 2004-01-28T10:09:57+09:00
Subject: Re: MiniRubyWiki in action?

Don Dwoske wrote:

> I would have used it, but my ISP does not offer Ruby.  Don't worry, I'm
> plugging for it...

The big problem is MRW couples to its own little server.

> I ended up using a wiki written in AWK
>
> http://www.awk-scripting.de/cgi/wiki.cgi/yawk/00-WikiIndex

Everybody stop writing new Wikis!! Except me!!

> I also read somewheres that MiniRubyWiki had some security concerns do
> to use of evals in the source code, but didn't dig into it that much.

That was me - it's simply because I disregarded security, while adding
features that let users author Ruby code inside MRW pages. However, someone
once told me they turned on Ruby's built-in taint checking, and it locked
down that loophole.

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  Phlip