So are you saying that all I have to do to get another application's information is to do that copy? Isn't this a security hole that those of us on shared servers and saving CC numbers need to worry about?
- Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CrystalTech says ALL variables must be locked I assumed that too. But locking will not prevent that. Nothing will. If two apps have the same application name then they share scopes, simple as that. Unless you are running multiple CFs, that is. --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:03 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CrystalTech says ALL variables must be locked I think they are referring to this way of 'stealing' data: <cfapplication name="some other guys apps"> <cfset myCopy = duplicate(application)> <cfapplication name="original name of application"> All this will do is copy over the other app's application data. I _think_ I wrote a UDF for this on cflib.org. Defintely _NOT_ a big fat hairy deal. ======================================================================== === Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CrystalTech says ALL variables must be locked > > > >> If not, other sites can steal them > > I have no idea what that even means! > > Regardless, it is worth noting that problems caused by the lack of > locking (CF4.x and CF5) can be slow and gradual. On a shared box you > may see memory corruption problems (do to the lack of locking) even if > your app has no shared scope variables at all. How? If another app on > the box uses shared scopes and fails to lock code. All CF apps share > the same instance. > > Which is why CFMX on J2EE is so compelling. Each app runs in its own > safe little world. > > --- Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4