Re: Review my app for making server stacks social
by pilif on Saturday October 02, 2010 @03:19AM
(#1749976)
I would never in my life allow an external machine to run arbitrary commands on my server. This is like giving root to some person I don't know.
Even if I could read all these scripts the service is going to execute, nobody tells me that the script I'm seeing on the web service is the script that actually gets executed.
Now. I don't insinuate that the OP is trying to take over servers, but we all know about bugs and/or the famous disgruntled employee.
If I could install this service in my own network, having full control over the scripts and the service itself, this could be useful, but giving root to some server not under my control?
This actually begins at the very first start of your video.
You want me to execute a script that I download using wget from a non-https-site. As root.
Re: Review my app for making server stacks social
by fcoury on Saturday October 02, 2010 @09:12AM
(#1750369)
It will be an HTTPS site, and maybe even if you wouldn't run the scripts, would you consider contributing on the other end, writing them and sharing with less experienced users?
Even if I could read all these scripts the service is going to execute, nobody tells me that the script I'm seeing on the web service is the script that actually gets executed.
Now. I don't insinuate that the OP is trying to take over servers, but we all know about bugs and/or the famous disgruntled employee.
If I could install this service in my own network, having full control over the scripts and the service itself, this could be useful, but giving root to some server not under my control?
This actually begins at the very first start of your video.
You want me to execute a script that I download using wget from a non-https-site. As root.
shudder