Thanks for this advice ! Michel
----- Original Message ----- 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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]