README for CGIwrap:
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This is CGIWrap - a gateway that allows more secure user access to CGI
programs on an HTTPd server than is provided by the http server itself. The
primary function of CGIwrap is to make certain that any CGI script runs with
the permissions of the user who installed it, and not those of the server.
CGIwrap works with NCSA httpd, Apache, CERN httpd, NetSite Commerce and
Communications servers, and probably any other Unix based web server
software that supports CGI.
CGIWrap is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See the file
COPYING in the distribution for more details. If you're going to include
something about it in a book, I'd appreciate you sending me a copy, but it's
not required by the license.
An important note is, this script makes the CGI access MORE secure, but
it does not make CGI "secure". By it's very nature, CGI itself can
never be 100% secure, it is always dependent on the script itself. It is
always a good idea to pay attention to the various unix security and CGI
authoring news groups. If in doubt, show your scripts to someone who is more
experienced, they might catch something you missed.
-- Nathan Neulinger (nneul@umr.edu)
Installation Instructions:
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Read the documentation in htdocs/index.html for hints and installation
instructions. *OR* Read the plain text documentation in docs/.
Quick Install:
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./configure --help
./configure <options>
make
make install
Mailing List:
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CGIwrap has a mailing list associated with it that is useful for
discussing CGIwrap and problems and success. To subscribe to the
mailing list, send a note containing:
SUBSCRIBE CGIWRAP
to cgiwrap-users-request@lists.sourceforge.net. This list is intended
for web masters, and system administrators, however anyone is welcome
to subscribe and contribute. Submissions to the list go to
cgiwrap-users@lists.sourceforge.net. You have to be subscribed to the
list to send mail to it.
To unsubscribe from the list, send a note containing
UNSUBSCRIBE CGIWRAP
to cgiwrap-users-request@lists.sourceforge.net from the account that
is subscribed to the list. Please do not send unsubscribe messages to
the list. If you have any difficulty unsubscribing, please mail me at
nneul@umr.edu.
DO NOT SEND UNSUBSCRIBE MESSAGES TO THE LIST!
Downloading:
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The current version of CGIwrap is available from:
http://cgiwrap.unixtools.org
Also, be sure and visit CGIwrap's sourceforge project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cgiwrap
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