From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.232.198] helo=moskovskaya.fh-wedel.de) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.43 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1CuEvs-0002op-LP for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:03:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:01:13 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Cam Message-ID: <20050127190113.GA19902@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20050126205121.11236.qmail@web52705.mail.yahoo.com> <1106775037.6955.50.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <1106819251.783.141.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> <20050127131702.GA22121@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <41F9127E.6030508@mesias.co.uk> <20050127163845.GA7755@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <41F93275.3090705@mesias.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <41F93275.3090705@mesias.co.uk> Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: JFFS3 document / wiki [OT] List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 27 January 2005 18:27:01 +0000, Cam wrote: > > Sorry but I'm not convinced. The link is interesting but there is no > mention of wikis. Also, php and mysql are used widely for other > purposes, if it was as bad as you say, we would be in some kind of web > apocalypse, which we're not. There are other wikis too (Java based or > Perl/CGI in my case). Translated to plain English, my reasoning puts php/mysql into the same league as wuftpd or bind. Expect to update those packages twice a year for security reasons. And never run it on machines that criminals might care about - they will simply create a new exploit and attack the machine before you get a chance for updates. But if you're fine with that, feel free to use the software. Jörn -- Victory in war is not repetitious. -- Sun Tzu