[Xitami] Security, Counters, and CGI

[Joachim Benjamins]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:29:55 -0400, WhiteShepherd wrote:

>
>     Well I got the OS/2 version of Xitami running and have been looking for a good 
>counter.  My decision came down some tight parameters.  I didn't want a "counter 
>service" that could track and spam my users or web page with their logos.  I looked at 
>Java and Java script.  But Java often makes browsers especially running on MS 
>systems unstable.  I didn't want to enable #EXEC as I did not want the security hole. 
>What I wanted something that was "simple" and self contained cgi (ie a cgi I can modify 
>and put in without having to install a lot of other stuff).  Finally a cgi that would not 
count 
>reloads.  

I have been using Acount on OS/2 happily for a couple of years. You indeed invoke it as an 
image... See: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/cgi/acnt021.zip

Regards,

Joachim