Re: PHP Easter Eggs

[Rick Crelia <rick.crelia () oregonstate edu>]

Hmmm. Methinks we're making a mountain out of a molehill with this
thread... no offense, but think about this: most MTAs come with
version string information enabled by default. Sendmail, qmail,
Postfix, etc.  A competent system administrator knows that in
order to make the machine secure, you disable this functionality
by making the appropriate configuration change.  These MTAs power
a large hunk of the Internet MTAs in existence and are considered
quite solid and secure (well, sendmail's gotten better anyway.. heh).

I don't really see how the PHP "easter eggs" option is any different.

Or did I miss something? You can turn this behavior off, and probably
should in most instances.

--rc

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Rick Crelia - rick.crelia () oregonstate edu
OSU Libraries - Dept of Library Technology
Corvallis, OR 97331 - 541.737.8972


On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:49:22PM -0500, Chuck Brockman spake thusly:
> Maybe I'm not viewing this in the right light, but if PHP is to gain momentum in the corporate world and seriously 
> compete with the other dominate web "languages", findings like this will discredit PHP.  I personally like PHP and 
> use it as well as others, but trying to sell PHP to management with findings like this may hamper the growth and 
> acceptance of PHP.  Yes, I know there are Easter eggs in almost everything out there, especially M$oft apps. 
>
> Chuck