--- On Mon, 22/9/08, Michael Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say I'm using a CPAN module that I've vetted before > and know the code is not going to do something > malicious. If I don't know that world writeable files > are a problem or that this module contains > them (because there aren't kwalitee points to say > otherwise :) and another user on my machine does, > then ugly brown stuff can hit spinning blades designed to > circulate air.
Correct me if I've misunderstood something, but if you have a malicious user on your box, I would assume that them trying to attack a CPAN install process is the least of your worries. This is a CPANTS issue. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
