security question on someones code

Just curious I found thisline in a sample perl program (which created a simple web page) line: delete @ENV{'BASH_ENV', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'IFS', 'PATH', 'SHELL'}; # For security. could someone tell me if I should include this on all web pages I create and if so why? thanks Lori

Re: security question on someones code

On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:16 PM, lorid wrote: Just curious I found thisline in a sample perl program (which created a simple web page) line: delete @ENV{'BASH_ENV', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'IFS', 'PATH', 'SHELL'}; # For security. could someone tell me if I should include this on all web pages I

Re: security question on someones code

Richard Morse wrote: On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:16 PM, lorid wrote: Just curious I found thisline in a sample perl program (which created a simple web page) line: delete @ENV{'BASH_ENV', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'IFS', 'PATH', 'SHELL'}; # For security. could someone tell me if I should include this