Thanks for this advice !

Michel

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From: Holger Klawitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: How use an external C program in a Servlet


Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2003 11:13 schrieb Michel Jubault:
> Thanks, I try it straight away !
> What kind of problem could occur with security ?

It depends on your situation. If any user may upload servlets, these
servlets
may execute every program on that machine - with the rights of the tomcat
account, which might be root! Same problem if the arguments to the C program
are not sufficiently checked.

Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards
Holger Klawitter
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