How often do you use taint mode?

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Re: How often do you use taint mode? by tobyink (Canon) on Dec 02, 2020 at 01:20 UTC
I don't think I've used it in the last decade or so. toby döt ink	[reply]
Re: How often do you use taint mode? by thomas895 (Deacon) on Dec 02, 2020 at 06:23 UTC
I use it mainly out of habit more than anything else. I have a few random CGI scripts on my shared hosting for small personal utilities and it's just habit to start with `#!/usr/bin/perl -wT` even though I am the only person who will ever use them. -Thomas "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How often do you use taint mode? by talexb (Canon) on Dec 12, 2020 at 19:33 UTC
Probably used it ages ago for forms that were open to the entire Internet .. the forms I've used more recently are internal, so I get by with placeholders for anything that goes into the database. Recently .. nope. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]
Re: How often do you use taint mode? by swampyankee (Parson) on Dec 19, 2020 at 15:29 UTC
Since everything I've done was for internal consumption only, and had no access to the Internet or write-access to any databases, there seemed to be no reason to use it. Information about American English usage here and here. Floating point issues? Please read this before posting. — emc	[reply]
Re: How often do you use taint mode? by kcott (Bishop) on Jan 01, 2021 at 05:03 UTC
I tend to start most `NN-whatever.t` with `#!perl -T` [download] This is generally more out of habit than anything else. It occasionally finds some minor security hole that I can plug. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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