At 18:01 15/10/2002 +0200, Zeev Suraski wrote:

>I don't think you use reasonable logic in your analysis.  For instance, 
>the fact that many servers have short_open_tag turned off and for them, 
>changing the default won't pose a security risk...  So what?  That's no 
>way to look at things, really.  You have to look at those who DO have it 
>turned on (which happen to be the vast majority of installations).  You 
>could argue that there was no point changing the register_globals default, 
>since some sites have it turned off already.  Does this make sense to 
>you?  I sure hope not :)

agreed. Also, I've never seen short opening tags actively discouraged, 
which is why so many people started using them (myself included). If we 
have to alter allt he scripts from a security point of view, that's fine - 
but lets not alter it unless we have to. please.


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