--- Eric Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can you run CGI on IIS?
> sorry, I always thought you either need apache or httpd for unix/linux but
> if IIS can run CGI,it'll be great!
>
> eric
Eric,
You can run CGI on IIS, but if you run ActiveState Perl, it will set up IIS to run
your CGI
scripts through ISAPI (Internet Server Application Programming Interface) instead of
as straight
CGI. ISAPI runs your Perl scripts through the perlis.dll which which has the
advantage of being
persistent in memory, thus giving you faster response time, but has the disadvantage
of not being
able to pass certain switches to Perl. In particular, you can't pass the -T switch
and activate
taint checking. This is a significant security problem. You can read more about this
at
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=82619.
Cheers,
Curtis Poe
=====
Senior Programmer
Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
"Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
