11 Apr
2002
11 Apr
'02
8:11 p.m.
on Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:43:41PM +0100, Simon wrote:
Its on a private network, so security isn't too much of an issue
The majority of break ins are internal, depending on who you listen to. Also, if the private network has any path to the outside world, it becomes a serious risk.
If you're only doing a limited set of operations, then perhaps an interpretted psuedo-language would be safer. e.g. Files take the form "<operation><SP><param>", where <operation> is one of {adduser,deluser, ...} and <param> depends on the operation.