Les Caudle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:22 PM):
> I have Analog working well, and am very tempted by the Report Magic > additions. > I'm a little concerned about installing the binaries from their site - > and any security holes that may be opened by running all of the > additions of Report Magic (the Analog was easy to compile from source, > so not much to worry about). > Any comments on safety (virus free) of Report Magic binary installs for > Windows - and effect on security of system? We keep our build systems virus free and clean, so the binaries are as well. But, of course, you would expect that from us, I think. If you want feedback from other Report Magic users, I think (as Jim mentioned) the reportmagic-help mailing list is a better resource. See http://www.reportmagic.com/lists.html for subscription instructions. As for security holes, I am reasonable certain that Report Magic is safe (at lease as safe as Analog). It IS NOT meant to be used as a CGI application and IS NOT safe in that situation. As long as you don't have unauthorized users with access to it, you should have no security issues. If you are still uncomfortable about the binaries, you can install ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/) and run the source edition. You'll have to install the modules, by hand, but it should be fairly easy. I believe they are all in the PPM repository, now. -- Jeremy Wadsack Wadsack-Allen Digital Group +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
