>Apart from the dates on the top of the script, how can you tell it's old,
>and why is it bad stuff?
Much like cultures, programming evolves over time. It's old and bad because:
1. it's not written with security in mind. when the internet
comes in play, security should be the number one feature, and
nothing else.
2. it's not written in "good" programming style. any production
perl script should include "-w" and "use strict" as programming
ideals. these force the programmer to write better code
and to clean up after himself. not using these ideals severely
impacts #1 (above).
3. Generally speaking, every script from Matt Wright's should
be ignored. None of his scripts are particularly well written
and security holes abound. I wouldn't even try fixing his
scripts - I'd just start over.
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