Re: static ip to dhcp conversion -- getting a hostname
Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> writes:
> Besides the problem of breaking things that work, isn't this also a
> potential security issue?
Yes. Broken scripts can break.
Checking against hostname has never been exceptionally secure.
> It includes a provision for hard coding the domain it is installed
> to, which the script compares at run time against the
> $ENV{HTTP_REFERER}. If these don't match the email won't be sent.
You realize that someone could just send a different referer header?
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