[Courses] [Domains] Choosing a host

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 11/07/04 11:03 -0700, Carla Schroder wrote:
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> > Some providers used to require permission to install CGI scripts:
> > you send your script to an administrator, they approve it and
> > install it in a particular place.  I don't know if any still do
> > that.  It sounded like a major hassle.
> 
> Web hosts have to be careful of insecure and/or system-resource hogging 
> scripts. It's a sensible precaution- you wouldn't want to see your service go 
> to heck because some other customer was abusing the server.

Then there are also those people who think that Matt's Script Archive is
a good place for CGI scripts.
(Hint: formmail.pl).

You sure don't want your host to be blacklisted because someone else put
in an open formmail script.

Devdas Bhagat