Perl News and Articles

CISA Warns of Vulnerabilities Affecting Google Chromium WebRTC and Excel

08.01.2024

US agencies have until January 23, 2024 to mitigate the issues.

Perl , Security , vulnerabilities
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Harden your Apache web server

Batten the Hatches

Cyberattacks don't stop at the time-honored Apache HTTP server, but a smart configuration, timely updates, and carefully considered security strategies can keep it from going under.
Apache , Perl , Python , Server , Webserver
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HTML to database with a Perl script

Clean Start

A Perl script strips HTML markup, creating text files, and makes each file an entry in a database.
Databases , HTML5 , Perl , scripting
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Interprocess communication essentials in Perl

Connections

IPC in Perl is easy with a few functions, signal handlers, backticks, and pipes.
communication , Perl , scripting
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Internet socket programming in Perl

Plugged In

Perl sockets work like file handles that can span across a network or the entire Internet.
Perl , Programming , scripting
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New features in PHP 7.3

Prime Numbers

The new PHP 7.3 simplifies string handling, supports PCRE version 2, adds LDAP controls, improves logging, and deprecates some features, functions, and syntax elements.
Perl , PHP , Programming
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Eat. Pray. Script.

Lazy … er, smart … administrators are hard at work in the background via scripts, cascading scripts, and cron jobs.

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