Compile-time? You mean, when I compile Perl 5.6 I can permanently disable taint checking? -----Original Message----- From: Vivek Khera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:04 AM To: Herrington, Jack Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Taint >>>>> "HJ" == Herrington, Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: HJ> Is there a way to enable and disable taint checking at run-time? No; taint mode is a Perl compile time decision.