I like this quote from the Windows distriburion of PHP on that matter: "Note, we consider installing PHP like this suicidal."
Edin ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: [PHP-DOC] #25191 [NEW]: Suggestion for a paragraph in the security chapter > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Operating system: Irrelevant > PHP version: Irrelevant > PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem > Bug description: Suggestion for a paragraph in the security chapter > > Description: > ------------ > This is a trivial issue. > > The section `security.cgi-bin.doc-root' begins like this: > > "To include active content, like scripts and executables, in the web > server document directories is sometimes consider an insecure practice." > > > I'd suggest a slightly different wording for this sentence. Something > like: > > "Including active content in the web server document directories, like > scripts and executables, is sometimes considered an insecure practice." > > > My main concern is with the word `consider', which I think should be > replaced by `considered'. My native language is not English, though, so > I'm not quite sure if this is an issue at all. > > Thanks. > > > -- > Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25191&edit=1 > -- > Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=trysnapshot4 > Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=trysnapshot5 > Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=fixedcvs > Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=alreadyfixed > Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=needtrace > Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=oldversion > Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=support > Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=notwrong > Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=notenoughinfo > Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=submittedtwice > register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=globals > PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=php3 > Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=dst > IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=isapi > Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25191&r=gnused > > >