Unsafe embedded Perl (was RE: [Mimedefang] [PATCH] Memleak bug in mimedefang found and fixed)

[Kelson Vibber]

At 09:50 AM 6/7/2004, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
>First, beyond re-read, I have had no issues.
>
>Second, DFS will likely clarify but he has indicated that he will be
>changing the md-mx-ctrl to notify you of a re-read problem.  Therefore, if
>embedded perl didn't work, why he would he modify md-mx-ctrl?
>
>Regards,
>KAM
>
> > >I will be changing the multiplexor so that when you run:
> > >
> > >         md-mx-ctrl reread
> >
> > Does this mean the embedded perl should not be used *at all* on these
> > platforms, or just that the normal reread method will not work?

I haven't had any issues either - in fact so far it's been working much 
better than before.  (The timing is fortunate also; this morning someone 
started a massive spam run forging our webmaster address as the envelope 
sender, and the bounces have actually doubled our SMTP load.  If this had 
happened last week, the server would probably have ground to a halt, but 
it's humming along fine.)

My concern, given the way the message was worded, was that there might be 
other issues that aren't immediately apparent, and that the warning could 
be to say "stop using embedded mode because you'll lose data/crash 
randomly/whatever," or it could just be "don't use reread, use restart."

Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications, Technical Staff
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