SPUG: Perl FUD

[William Julien]

>
>> Given security issues, is it a good idea to be using PERL for our
>> tools?
>
>Does anyone have any good advice on how to respond to this?  Keep in
>mind that this guy is my boss :-).
>
>Thanks
>Paul Farrall
>

How about quoting back to your boss the first paragraph in perldoc perlsec?

       Perl is designed to make it easy to program securely even
       when running with extra privileges, like setuid or setgid
       programs.  Unlike most command line shells, which are
       based on multiple substitution passes on each line of the
       script, Perl uses a more conventional evaluation scheme
       with fewer hidden snags.  Additionally, because the
       language has more builtin functionality, it can rely less
       upon external (and possibly untrustworthy) programs to
       accomplish its purposes.


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