I agree, I think it's time to start looking elsewhere. He's the sysadmin
and service provider, it's his job to figure out how to make it work to meet
your needs. There are ways for him to sufficiently reduce the risk of you
crashing the rest of his sites. Make him work for that money or find
another provider.
> ----------
> From: Aaron Turner[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 1:34 PM
> To: Martin A. Langhoff
> Cc: mod-perl Mailing List
> Subject: Re: How to run a secure mod_perl ?
>
>
> Don't know the answer to your problem, but I wonder how much $$$ you're
> spending to be told you can't do this? Maybe it's time to find a new ISP?
>
> On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Martin A. Langhoff wrote:
>
> > hi mod_perl gurus,
> >
> > I'm currently in dire problems (read sh*t):
> >
> > - In one week my Embperl powerd site debuts.
> >
> > - Just now, my webmaster tells me that I can't use Embperl _nor_
> > ePerl. Previously he had told me to use ePerl o whatever I wanted, now
> > he's worried about security.
> >
> > - He claims that he cannot allow me to run anything under
> > mod_perl (and derivatives as Embperl) because mod_perl brings Apache
> > down when it crashes.
> >
> > - On the other hand, he'll allow me to use perl in CGI scripts.
> >
> > - Of course that's not what I want :) !!!
> >
> > - Is there a way to configure mod_perl so that it does not crash
> > apache down? Or maybe it never does and he doesn't know?
> >
> > - For clarity: he's webmaster at the ISP where I host my sites.
> > Not my own webmaster. *I'm* my own webmaster :)
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> >
> > martin
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> >
> >
>
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