Re: CGI scripts

[Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On May 8, 2011, at 8:37 34PM, George Michaelson wrote:

> On Sun, 08 May 2011 16:30:13 +0300, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:16:40AM -0400, matthew sporleder wrote:
>>> I think the usual suspects of "printenv" and "hello world" would be
>>> appropriate.
>> 
>> No offence, but I think a "hello world" would be an insult to the
>> intelligence of the current user and developer base. I was thinking more
>> about something with real value. Something that would utilize
>> NetBSD-specific features. Something that you could actually run on your
>> own NetBSD server/router/appliance/whatever.
>> 
>> - Jukka.
> 
> I'd like the option to be insulted please.
> 
> the great thing about 'Hello world\n' examples is that they are sentences 
> in Computer Science my brain is pre-wired to expect to understand.
> 
> So, please, *insult me* -Its what I'm used to :-)
> 
A "Hello word\n" script is fine for showing the very basics.  But what I'd
like to see are simple examples that deal with inputs of three different
types: context (e.g., HTTPS info or remote IP address), parameters passed
via the URL (http://www.netbsd.org/foo?bar=yes+bletch=no), and parameters
passed via a submitted form.
> 


                --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb