security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Mike Zelina
I have a local hosting provider who has mod_perl installed on the server, but will not enable it for security reasons. After doing some digging on the mod_perl site and thinking about how many ways a renegade mod_perl program could bring down a site (large modules using a lot of memory means

Re: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread siberian
We use BSD::Resource for our mod_perl clients. Keeps them from eating the machine alive. On another shared machine each client gets their own interpreter with some pretty tight limits on child spawning, open children etc. on top of the Resource limits Shared hosting mod_perl is a real drag to

RE: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Sidharth Malhotra
) -Sidharth. -Original Message- From: Mike Zelina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: security with mod_perl I have a local hosting provider who has mod_perl installed on the server, but will not enable it for security reasons. After

RE: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Aaron Trevena
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 18:09, Sidharth Malhotra wrote: Not quite a manual, but read some of these discussions on PerlMonks: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=mod+perl+isp+hostgo_button=Search mod_perl shared hosting ISPs supporting mod_perl mod_perl: the bane of share webhosting Hope

Re: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:58, Mike Zelina wrote: I couldn't find any documentation on how a host *could* provide mod_perl and do it in a way that would be safe for his server and usable for a client. I was just talking about this with my co-workers. Here's one way: Set up a front-end apache

Re: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:58, Mike Zelina wrote: I couldn't find any documentation on how a host *could* provide mod_perl and do it in a way that would be safe for his server and usable for a client. I was just talking about this with my co-workers. Here's one way: Set up

Re: security with mod_perl

2003-06-11 Thread Stas Bekman
Aaron Trevena wrote: [...] http://www.bytemark-hosting.co.uk do some good deals and discounts for free software author and seem nice people. Please submit ISPs that support mod_perl and/or virtual servers. so we can add them to: http://perl.apache.org/help/isps.html I've added the one