Simple CGI Wrapper

[Maljonic]

What is this CGI Wrapper thing for?

 

[Jonty]

Hi Maljonic

I won't profess to know much about CGI wrappers, but as far as I know, they're merely a means of running CGI scripts on your server without compromising security. I wouldn't worry too much about it, though.

Kind Regards

 

[sibanac]

CGI Wrapper is a sandbox for cgi scripts.

depending on what wrapper you use features may differ but generaly they include :

cgi is run as a specifide user/groups
checks if the scripts are called with the right number of arguments
stops execution if the script is called outiside specified directorys (usualy document-root/cgi-bin/ )

some more advanced wrappers also include memory limitiations (eg the script cant access anything outside it own allocated memory )

 

[Jonty]

Thanks for clarifying things Sibanac

Kind Regards

 

[Maljonic]

CGI Wrapper is a sandbox for cgi scripts.

depending on what wrapper you use features may differ but generaly they include :

cgi is run as a specifide user/groups
checks if the scripts are called with the right number of arguments
stops execution if the script is called outiside specified directorys (usualy document-root/cgi-bin/ )

some more advanced wrappers also include memory limitiations (eg the script cant access anything outside it own allocated memory )

Thanks, sounds too complicated for me to make use of.

 

[sibanac]

Thanks, sounds too complicated for me to make use of.

What webserver/os are you using ?