[ALUG] Creating Customer Login facility on a website

[MJ Ray]

"Greg Thomas" <Greg at TheThomasHome.co.uk> wrote:
> On 12/07/07, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > +1 to the comment about using a framework, but if you want to do this
> > directly, [...]
> But don't do it. Frameworks help reduce (but not eliminate) security
> flaws. If you're using Perl, use CGI.pm to interact with the browser.

CGI.pm is barely a framework (I think things like Mason, Cake,
Rails... are better examples) and it's debatable whether the described
application would get a net security benefit from using 5% of a
framework instead of a Keep It Simple and Stupid approach.

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