On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 17:00, Adi Fairbank wrote: > One reason I've heard is because of namespace security issues. Ie. if ISPs > allow all their users access to mod_perl on the same Apache server, then any > user can potentially interfere with/have access to other users' mod_perl > modules. Don't know if this is a really valid reason (it seems with > Apache::Registry this would not be a problem), it's just something I've heard.
It is valid. You can easily interfere with other people's code if you want to. > Has anyone in the mod_perl community given namespace security much thought? It's so cheap to rent a virtual server these days that it's not really worth trying to fix it in mod_perl. Just rent your own virtual server with root access and set it up how you want it. - Perrin
