Re: about system() call

2018-07-24 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
For security I would add one additional caution. When executing a command wherever possible use the full pathname. To prevent running a malicious file hidden in your PATH. Example: “/bin/ls” and not “ls” Darryl Baker (he/him/his) Sr. System Administrator Distributed Application Platform

Re: TLS and Perl

2018-01-25 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
, "SurfShop" <contactat...@surfshopcart.com> wrote: > On Jan 25, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Darryl Philip Baker <darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > > If you do not know TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 have a vulnerability in the design of the protocol and they are being dep

Re: TLS and Perl

2018-01-25 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
If you do not know TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 have a vulnerability in the design of the protocol and they are being deprecated. Currently only TLS 1.2 now and TLS 1.3 when finalized are considered safe. TLS 1.2 was defined in August of 2008 so if you are using anything developed in the last five years

Re: obstinate syntax errors

2018-01-19 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
I don't have the time to put everything around this to do the syntax test but what happens with this: If ( ! chdir "/big/dom/x$server/data/students/$progress_hash{student_id}/" ) { $message = "Can't change directory to $progress_hash{student_id}: $!";

RE: A multi line pattern match question

2016-07-14 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
I settled for an set of stacked if statements, saving the previous line if needed etc... Thanks for the help. Darryl Baker PMOET -DAPS X76674

RE: A multi line pattern match question

2016-07-14 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Darryl Philip Baker <darryl.ba...@northwestern.edu> wrote: While not truly a beginner it feels that way after not doing anything substantial in Perl in many years. I currently need a program to take Apache HTTPD configuration files in HTTPD 2.2 synta

A multi line pattern match question

2016-07-14 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
While not truly a beginner it feels that way after not doing anything substantial in Perl in many years. I currently need a program to take Apache HTTPD configuration files in HTTPD 2.2 syntax used in current production and convert them to HTTPD 2.4 syntax in future production. I will need to