From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-07 11:05:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? New language competition? (long) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:05:34 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3E148004.5000408@cogeco.ca> <3E15CF31.1020900@cogeco.ca> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32694 Date: 2003-01-07T13:05:34-06:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote in message ... >> That's precisely why I updated Tom Moran's web server to use for our >> AdaIC backup server. It doesn't know how to execute another program (and >> never will), so no one will ever be able to use it to launch Cmd.Exe, no > >No one will ever use my Apache to launch cmd.exe on my Mac, either. :-) >Seriously, I think an Ada webserver is a good thing, but unless you >sell it from the security standpoint (which _severely_ limits its >audience) it's not something "new" Well, security is where its at when it comes to servers on the Internet. People make millions describing how to secure servers. Certainly, it helps to not have software running on it that has unnecessary security holes. But all that said, it would be hard to market YAWS (Yet Another Web Server), even if it was highly secure. It would also have to have better performance than anything built directly on top of Windows sockets can. So, I don't currently have any intention to market or even make available the web server I wrote. >> But, all of that said, I think your basic point is correct. > >Now that I've re-stated my basic point, still think so? :-) Sure. I agree that we need to get ahead of the curve, and having a better way to serve web pages isn't it. (Or having bindings to sockets and HTTP, or Claw for that matter). To get ahead of the curve, you'd need something truely new. And if I have any good ideas for that, I wouldn't be sitting here answering this message!!! Randy.