I bet it has no effect, except on pages that error. It's more of a security thing. You don't want any of that information being displayed to web visitors, but it's helpful when debugging, so turn it on on development, and off on production.
Cheers, barneyb > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrocknaphobia > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Debugging and production > > If debugging is not enabled, then its not enabled. Even if > there are no IP address listed. Point being, just because ur > not displaying debugging info, doesnt mean CF isnt tracking > debugging info. > > Hey while were on the topic. What type of overhead does the > Robust Exception Information have? Should this be disabled in > production as well? > > -Adam > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2004 02:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Debugging and production > > > > >I think Ben's blog entry sums it up > > > > > >"A thread on cfcdev today discussed whether ColdFusion > debugging should > > >ever > > >be activated on a production server. The bottom line is > no, never turn on > > >debugging on a production server (you should never need to > debug on a live > > >server anyway, that's what development and testing servers > are for). But > > >what about enabling debugging and simply not listing any > IP addresses so > > >that debug information is not returned? Not good enough. > While turning on > > >and off the display of debugging does have a slight > performance impact, the > > >bigger impact is the gathering and tracking of debug > output. The IP address > > >list simply turns on or off output of accumulated debug > information, but > > >that information will still be maintained if debugging is > enabled on the > > >server. Bottom line, do not turn on debugging on product > servers. Ever." > > > > > > > Well, overall it does. But I think he mis-wrote this sentence: > > > > "But what about enabling debugging and simply not listing > any IP addresses > > so that debug information is not returned?" > > > > If you don't list any IP addresses, debugging gets > displayed for everybody. > > So what do you gain by that? I'm not really sure what he > was saying there. > > Bottom line though, his last two sentences have been my > rule for years. > > > > Regards, > > Dave. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Frustrated with dial-up? Lightning-fast Internet access for > as low as > > $29.95/month. > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > > in the message of the email. > > > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
