Re: Migrate from WebTen to iTools?

[Robert Brandtjen <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 18 June 2002 04:18 pm, you wrote:
> iTools does shield you from the intricacies of the Apache
> configuration files.  That's exactly the point of iTools.  It has a
> browser-based gui for the set up and management of Apache, DNS, FTP.
> Just like WebTen (which you are familar with).

yes, but it also does some very unorthodox (read Apple nonsense) things like 
have all Virtual Hosts use a server wide cgi-bin - it's much safer (server 
wide means SERVER WIDE) to have individual cgi-bins which belong to user 
nobody or else user apache - which ever apache runs as and accessible by the 
webmaster for the site.

WHich is another of Apple's failings - you cannot "jail" process' on OSX, they 
have not (*lord knows why) made such an option possible. Instead, if a hacker 
gains control of the daemon on OSX, he has assumed "root". most likely. 
Daemons run in a "jailed" environment on linux - or at least it is set up 
that way, some fools may choose to run outside it. THus when a hacker gets 
in, he gets nothing more then the daemon, which is usally not even capable of 
changing it's own config files.

config files in unix are nothing more complicated then a human readable 
preference file in OS 9 - thin how wonderful it would be to be able to read 
and change your preference files in OS 9 - instead, you throw them in the 
trash preiodicaly and reload and reset them when they get corrupted.
-- 
 Robert Brandtjen
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