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Authored by: sharumpe on Nov 02, '01 03:00:56PM

Wow. The thought of ever using a Web-based interface to administer my system is TERRIFYING. The thing is run by Apache, right? And the scripts/programs underlying this must have root access to do what they're doing. So, you have something running through a Web server that has root access - if the machine is connected to a network, this is asking for big trouble. Considering the audience, it is possible that Apache's access configuration may be incorrect or less-than-totally secure. I can't even concentrate, this is so scary.

Wow.

I'm not one for knocking cool tech (and it IS cool that someone managed to do this) but the risks FAR outweigh the benefits, IMO.

Mr. Sharumpe



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Authored by: charlietuna on Nov 02, '01 04:10:02PM

it doesn't run on apache. it has its own server. you can also restrict logins to localhost.



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Authored by: charlietuna on Nov 02, '01 04:12:21PM

i also forgot to mention that it includes support for SSL too. i'm trying to redo the makefile for the perl SSL module so it will work with my fink installation of openssl.



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