RE: evil scripts kill the server...

2002-10-16 Thread Joe Breeden
> -Original Message- > From: Ged Haywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:49 PM > To: Joerg Plate > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: evil scripts kill the server... > > > Hi there, > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Joerg Plate wrote: > > > >> Is it true that

RE: Memory leak on reload when the 'Pg' driver is preloaded

2002-10-16 Thread Joe Breeden
For what it is worth, we use a DSO mod_perl/apache that we compiled ourselves, on RedHat thought, that is very stable and does not have noticeable memory leaks and have been using it for over 3 years. Just thought I would throw that out there. > -Original Message- > From: Keith G. Murph

RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids

2002-11-01 Thread Joe Breeden
Me too. (and sorry to for a couple of private replies its early and I haven't had much caffeine this morning). > -Original Message- > From: Ryan Parr [mailto:ryanparr@;precisiontechonline.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:57 AM > To: Nick Tonkin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [

RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids

2002-11-01 Thread Joe Breeden
I would guess that these kids do not have access to computers outside school. Which makes access to printed material advantageous. I guess a printer would be nice, but by the time the cost of it, paper, ink, and other supplies are factored in, I would guess that books would be cheaper. > -

RE: Programmer Wanted

2001-10-12 Thread Joe Breeden
Sounds like morning talk radio to me. 'And now Ernie the Eye in the Sky with traffic, but first YOU to can be RICH. With our patented money making scheme the money literally prints itself.' --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! >

OT RE: load balancing on apache by IP CHAINING

2001-12-17 Thread Joe Breeden
I don't know how many of you read SysAdmin (http://www.samag.com), but there is an interesting article on running IPChains at runlevel 0. --Joe Breeden What to do... if you get a phone call from Mars: Speak slowly and be sure to enunciate your words properly. Limit

RE: [modperl site design challenge] and the winner is...

2001-12-19 Thread Joe Breeden
> > All that makes it really easy for someone new to feel comfortable. And isn't that what the mod_perl site should do? > > It would be nice to see license info, too, as someone new > might want to be > clear on that right away, too. > > You can also quickly see a list of supported module

RE: New mod_perl name was [Re: New mod_perl Logo]

2002-01-30 Thread Joe Breeden
I like Monkey Butter v1.0.. On a serious note, I work in a predominately MS shop - of 25 developers me and one other are the only Perl developers with 3 more doing some combination of Java,C++, and C. I would suggest that anyone looking to make a case for 'Perl in the Enterprise' should look

RE: [OT] Re: New mod_perl Logo

2002-01-30 Thread Joe Breeden
The last time I looked the Yeti is Himalayan and Nessie is from Scotland. > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Reppucci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:16 AM > To: Ron Savage > Cc: mod_perl > Subject: [OT] Re: New mod_perl Logo > > > > All right -- I kn

RE: webmail for mod_perl?

2002-03-01 Thread Joe Breeden
We use a combination of Mail::IMAPClient and MIME::Lite. You can look at http://howtos.eoutfitters.net/email for a description of our email servers. The mod_perl IMAP client handler has not been completed enough to release to the community, but once it is ready I put an announcement here. >

RE: Site Host Providers that Support mod_perl?

2002-03-07 Thread Joe Breeden
co-located). If you, or anyone, contact them, please mention that I sent you. Thanks, Joe Breeden > -Original Message- > From: Fran Fabrizio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Site Host Provid

RE: Site Host Providers that Support mod_perl?

2002-03-07 Thread Joe Breeden
I forgot their URL for those interested ( http://www.multipro.com/hosting.html ). > -Original Message- > From: Joe Breeden > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:39 AM > To: Fran Fabrizio; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Site Host Providers that Support mod_perl? > >

RE: Problem With DB_File Installation On Red-Hat Linux 7.1 [OT]

2002-03-14 Thread Joe Breeden
I had this problem the other day. And it was a screwy problem to fix. I had to get the latest BerkeleyDB, something like v4.0.14 (www.sleepycat.com) install it. Then reinstall the DB_File and I believe Storable modules making sure they pointed to the new install of BerkeleyDB. Of course, when I

RE: Problem With DB_File Installation On Red-Hat Linux 7.1 [OT]

2002-03-14 Thread Joe Breeden
t and installed from there. > -Original Message- > From: Nicholas Studt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:32 AM > To: Joe Breeden > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problem With DB_File Installation On Red-Hat > Linux 7.1 [OT] > > &g

RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New "mod_perl" logo - results now in...

2002-03-15 Thread Joe Breeden
I think buttons based on the new logo are the way to go. > -Original Message- > From: Jonathan M. Hollin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:17 AM > To: 'Andrew Green'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New "mod_perl" logo - results

RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New "mod_perl" logo - results now in...

2002-03-18 Thread Joe Breeden
Could you make it flaming? ;) > -Original Message- > From: Matt Sergeant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:31 PM > To: Jonathan M. Hollin > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] The New "mod_perl" logo - results now in... > > > OK,

RE: Apache+Modperl & Website Statistics

2002-03-27 Thread Joe Breeden
Of course you could include a js snippet on every page that checks for a cookie and sets it if necessary or just sets it and forgoes the checking. Then on you LogHandler read the cookie and insert the proper info into the log if the cookie is set. No redirects, no worries about how they got the

RE: full-featured online database apps

2002-04-24 Thread Joe Breeden
Arghhh! Enough! Enough! Enough!. The question of which Template/App/Embed technique is best has been discussed to death. Please don't start a new round of 'beat the dead horse'. Links to a list of Application Servers/Toolkits/Embedded Perl see the url: http://perl.apache.org/#appservers

RE: Cheap and unique

2002-04-30 Thread Joe Breeden
If you look at the docs for mod_unique it will generate a unique number in a properly configured server farm making it a good candidate for this process if you are worried about getting a unique number across several systems. > -Original Message- > From: Perrin Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: SOAP and web services

2002-05-02 Thread Joe Breeden
Bart, I would have to recommend SOAD::Lite ( http://www.soaplite.org) also. We use it accomplish many tasks - not the least of which is exposing Perl data structures to M$ ASP applications - which have a moderate load and have had no problems. Joe > -Original Message- > From: Bart Fr

RE: default page

2002-05-16 Thread Joe Breeden
or try in the perl.conf SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler My::HandlerPackage > -Original Message- > From: Dzuy Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: default page > > > Try DirectoryIndex. > >

RE: dso

2002-05-29 Thread Joe Breeden
I have to agree with this statement. We have a server farm with 15 apache servers running mod_perl as a DSO (not counting the several development and QC servers) with no problems. IMHO mod_perl as a DSO probably had problems in the beginning, but I couldn't confirm that without some research an

RE: persistent Mail::ImapClient and webmail

2002-06-07 Thread Joe Breeden
We implemented a webmail front end with Mail::IMAPClient and Mail::IMAPClient::BodyStructure without persistent connections and it seems to work fine with several hundred connections. We just opened up a connection to server do what we want then disconnect on each request. I'm sure through pers

RE: persistent Mail::ImapClient and webmail

2002-06-10 Thread Joe Breeden
(ie a webmail app) Did you find something wrong with the above list, etc... I tried WING, its PostgreSQL and Perl based, and very scalable but I found the installation a hellas all complex systems would be Thanks Joe Breeden wrote: We implemented a webmail front end with

RE: persistent Mail::ImapClient and webmail

2002-06-10 Thread Joe Breeden
That's not necessarily the most secure way. We have found that even though IMAP is supposed to be a long state protocol many clients (PINE, Netscape, Balsa, M$ Outlook Express, etc) implement as connect/work/disconnect cycle. So I don't think this persistency of connection across multiple acces

RE: OSC early bird and mod_perl T-Shirts

2002-06-12 Thread Joe Breeden
Why hasn't the logo that was voted on been considered? What's the point of a logo if you don't use it everywhere? > -Original Message- > From: Alfred Vahau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:54 PM > To: 'mod_perl list' > Subject: Re: OSC early bird and mod_perl T

RE: Sending Mail

2002-06-13 Thread Joe Breeden
We use MIME::Lite seems to work well for us. > -Original Message- > From: Jon Robison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sending Mail > > > Can anyone give me recommendations on a good Mail handler that > integrates well

RE: Mail::Sender & modperl.

2002-07-22 Thread Joe Breeden
I MIME::Lite to send messages. It uses your native sendmail install, or you can use it to send to an SMPT port. We actually have Qmail installed and it use the sendmail link Qmail configs and works just fine for about 40k emails a day. > -Original Message- > From: Richard Clarke [mailto

RE: Static vs. DSO on Linux specifically

2002-07-22 Thread Joe Breeden
Of course this is an old conversation, but we use mod_perl as a DSO here extensively with no problems. We have servers that have uptimes of almost 1 year (306 days as of today) and were taken down because the servers were moved to a new server room and not because of a problem with the DSO. An

RE: apche + mod_perl

2002-09-17 Thread Joe Breeden
Testic,   Listed below are a few links that should get you on your way:   First start with "The Guide" http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/index.html. It has been very helpful to me when I have questions. Second go to http://www.modperlcookbook.org/ (buy their book) It has some sample cod

RE: [OT] - Mailing List Servers/mods .. etc

2002-09-26 Thread Joe Breeden
Look at MIME::Lite on CPAN > -Original Message- > From: Jim Morrison [Mailinglists] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] - Mailing List Servers/mods .. etc > > > Sorry.. > This is completely off topic.. but I ha

RE: Apache::Session / No-Cookie-Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Joe Breeden
em. Weird\n" unless ( $reliable_unknown_id ); (Of course your mileage may vary) (For entertainment purposes only) Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge. Joe Breeden -Original Message- From: Ilya Martynov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:02 AM To: Jonathan Hilgeman Cc: '

RE: Apache::Session / No-Cookie-Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Joe Breeden
browser is that these cookies are stored in the memory - they are not to be save after the browser session is over. I hope that helps. Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Hilgeman [mai

RE: Apache::Session / No-Cookie-Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Joe Breeden
You may also want to store a hidden field in every form with a sesionid that is generated by you. Depending on how unique the number needs to be, we use either the number generated by mod_unique_id - potentially less reliable - (a part of the standard apache dist) or generate one with MD5 - genera

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Joe Breeden
t is completely wrong. In my opinion, a good website has to track generalizations about user preferences so it can react to add to the user experience in positive ways. One way to do this to collect anonymous data about the things a user does on the site. This can be done and still protect a users

RE: Questions Concerning Large Web-Site

2001-06-11 Thread Joe Breeden
I like "Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C" from O'Reilly (ISBN: 1-56592-567-X). -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) -Original Message- From: Ron Beck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:42 PM To: John Armstron

RE: API Design Question

2001-06-29 Thread Joe Breeden
s to access the same file and not cause problems, and we use CVS to provide version control. As with anything, you milage may vary with this method. I'm sure there are hidden pitfalls involved with this method, but for the timebeing it does seem to work for us. I hope this helps

RE: detecting ssl

2001-07-10 Thread Joe Breeden
Looking at the port number still doesn't ensure that the request is a SSL request. I believe the mention to looking at $ENV{HTTPS} is the best couse as that is set when the connection is a SSL connection and not just a connection to port 443. --Joe Breeden -- Sent

RE: BOF?

2001-07-16 Thread Joe Breeden
d hang out with me. Of course, if that is the plan I would hope the mod_perl-ers would change affiliation to something else like VBscript rather than hanging out with a drunken Joe Breeden. At any rate, I look forward to meeting everyone there. --Joe Breeden -- Sent from

RE: Porting CGI scripts help needed

2001-07-26 Thread Joe Breeden
You might try adding "use lib '/path/to/global.pm';" to you startup.pl. (Without the "s of course) Good luck. --Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) > -Original Message- > From: Brya

[OT] Inspired by closing comments from the UBB thread.

2001-08-01 Thread Joe Breeden
in some sort of external file structure accessible via storable, XML::Simple or some other means. It would be interesting to know how other people have solved that problem. Currently, we are essentially using embedded SQL in our apps. Thanks in advance. --Joe Breeden --

RE: [OT] Inspired by closing comments from the UBB thread.

2001-08-01 Thread Joe Breeden
little free time in the Fall one could write a CPAN module that has this functionality. We had the conversation awhile back about adding redundant and unnecessary crap to CPAN and I want to make sure something like this would be a good thing or not. Thanks, --Joe Breeden --

RE: [OT] Inspired by closing comments from the UBB thread.

2001-08-01 Thread Joe Breeden
I have to agree here. Is this just a hash of SQL statements or is there more to it than that? --Joe Breeden -- > -Original Message- > From: Perrin Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:29 PM > To: Matt Sergeant

RE: [OT] Inspired by closing comments from the UBB thread.

2001-08-01 Thread Joe Breeden
give something back. I still think the solution I've outlined is not the best, but it may a good solution for a lot of people. Thanks everyone for the comments. I can see from the responses this something everyone deals with everyday and that I not alone out here wondering if my soluti

RE: my()

2001-08-14 Thread Joe Breeden
That is the way to do it. It can get a little confusing at first, but once you get used to doing things that way it will become 2nd nature. --Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) > -Original Message- > From: swade [

RE: Can't build (was Re: Apache.pm fails to load...)

2001-09-17 Thread Joe Breeden
Maybe you could build mod_perl as a DSO with APXS. That way you could build it after the apache/mod_ssl is built and working. --Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) > -Original Message- > From: U n d e r a c h i e

RE: Knowing if a apache server is compiled with mod_perl

2001-09-17 Thread Joe Breeden
You could also do something like: grep 'Apache' /path/to/error_log --Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) > -Original Message- > From: Mark Schmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, Septemb

RE: Knowing if a apache server is compiled with mod_perl

2001-09-18 Thread Joe Breeden
Or you could do: perl -nle 'print "$_\n" if m/mod_perl/' /path/to/error_log where /path/to/error_log is the file pointed at by the ErrorLog directive in you httpd.conf file. --Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.co

RE: [Templates] Re: Excellent article on Apache/mod_perl at eToys

2001-10-19 Thread Joe Breeden
good about what themselves. --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! > -Original Message- > From: Drew Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 8:59 AM > To: Perrin Harkins; mod_perl List > Cc: Template To

RE: [challenge] new mod_perl site

2001-11-15 Thread Joe Breeden
I disagree with you both. --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! > -Original Message- > From: Matt Sergeant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:56 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PR

RE: Cookie authentication

2001-11-15 Thread Joe Breeden
of cookies. Of course to make everyone happy you could backup cookies with some sort of non-cookie based state management, like a URL encoded sessionid or a hidden form field passed in every page. Like everything, your mileage will vary with any implementation you choose to use.

RE: Cookie authentication

2001-11-15 Thread Joe Breeden
each others session. Using the cookie is a way to verify that a user is the owner of the session id. I hope this doesn't sound like the ramblings of a mad man, but in general I think SESSION cookies are ok and you should feel ok using them. I hope this helps a little. --J

RE: Doing Authorization using mod_perl from a programmers perspective

2001-11-15 Thread Joe Breeden
How does this work in an environment with two (or more) computers with the exact same configuration, and probably the same HTTP_USER_AGENT behind the same proxy? How do you know that one user isn't using another users session? --Joe Breeden ---

RE: Cookie authentication

2001-11-15 Thread Joe Breeden
ry to steal someone else's session by getting their cookie/session_id info? Thanks for the help, --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! Aranea Texo > -Original Message- > From: Perrin Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday

RE: Cookie authentication

2001-11-16 Thread Joe Breeden
osted. --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! Aranea Texo > -Original Message- > From: David Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cookie authentication &

RE: Doing Authorization using mod_perl from a programmers perspective

2001-11-16 Thread Joe Breeden
The HTTP_USER_AGENT doesn't identify unique users. It only identifies the browser type/version (assuming it hasn't been messed with). --Joe Breeden --- If it compiles - Ship It! Aranea Texo > -Original Message- > From: Jon Robiso