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Author What makes cgi-bin so special
kidalex@gmail.com

2006-10-31, 1:33 am

What makes the cgi-bin the best place to put CGI executables?

Alex

HansH

2006-10-31, 1:33 am

<kidalex@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:1162270658.835458.325020@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> What makes the cgi-bin the best place to put CGI executables?
>

It is just the most widely accepted name convention, commonly provided by
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-bin/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mo...tml#scriptalias

This makes apache attempt to _execute_ any file below /web/cgi-bin/,
effectively reducing the risk of exposing the script source to the browser.


HansH


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