Originally posted on beginners@:
>Much like cultures, programming evolves over time. It's old and bad because:
>
> 1. it's not written with security in mind. when the internet
> comes in play, security should be the number one feature, and
> nothing else.
>
> 2. it's not written in "good" programming style. any production
> perl script should include "-w" and "use strict" as programming
> ideals. these force the programmer to write better code
> and to clean up after himself. not using these ideals severely
> impacts #1 (above).
>
> 3. Generally speaking, every script from Matt Wright's should
> be ignored. None of his scripts are particularly well written
> and security holes abound. I wouldn't even try fixing his
> scripts - I'd just start over.
To find other scripts:
>You could try the following (in that order):
>
> http://perlarchive.com/
> http://www.cgi-resources.com/
> http://www.hotscripts.com/
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