> Have you checked out the work Steve Knight did at
>
> http://www.avonibp.co.uk/office/scripts/pop/pop.html
>
> which covers the problems of shell scripts, etc.
Many thanks. I was not aware of this. I'll point our students at it.
> I would also *strongly* advise reading the CGI section of the WWW Security
> FAQ (http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/faqs/www-security-faq.html). Allowing
> the general public to add CGI scripts to a public server can open up a
> *serious* can of worms if you're not careful :-)
I believe that the issue has been addressed in the environment in which
the students are working.
I presume that in any case one can just run netscape as a general
purpose interface with an html file on one's own machine, as input.
> Adrian (adrianh@oneworld.co.uk)
Thanks.
Aaron
|