[ic] Want to use new module/library in embedded Perl code

[Dan B]

At 07:07 PM 2/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
 >Hey, thanks for the advice.  I tried digging up everything I could on user
 >tags or interchange tags.
 >[...]
 >Anyway, now I am a bit stumped.  The majority of reading I did on usertags
 >was in the icconfig.pdf and ictemplates.pdf.  You'll notice that neither
 >of my subroutines use the JVM module/library I was talking about.  This is
 >because I wanted to get a regular subroutine working before I tried use
 >JVM.  I'm not sure if this is what you intended when you said to put a
 >user tag in my interchange.cfg file.  If it isn't I apologize, but
 >information seems fairly scarce on the topic of usertags in the
 >interchange.cfg file.  This was all I could find:
 >
 >---------------------------------------
 >7.42. UserTag *global*
 >This defines a UserTag which is global in nature, meaning not limited by
 >the Safe.pm module, and is is
 >available to all Interchange catalogs running on the server. Otherwise,
 >this is the same as a catalog UserTag.
 >---------------------------------------
 >
 >Anyway, again I appreciate your help, but I am either lacking the
 >documentation or I'm just not thinking this through correctly.

It's probably just the "lacking in documentation" thing.  :-)

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Interchange Tags
(table of contents)

1. General Information

http://developer.akopia.com/cgi-bin/ic/scan/sp=docsection/fi=documentation/co=yes/st=db/sf=document/se=tagref/sf=section/se=DESCRIPTION/sf=type/se=item/va=link_banner%3dGeneral%20Information/va=link_overview%3dtagref02%2e00.html


2. TAGS

http://developer.akopia.com/cgi-bin/ic/scan/sp=docsection/fi=documentation/co=yes/st=db/sf=document/se=tagref/sf=section/se=TAGS/sf=type/se=item/va=link_banner%3dTAGS/va=link_overview%3dtagref03%2e00.html


3. User-defined Tags

http://developer.akopia.com/cgi-bin/ic/scan/sp=docsection/fi=documentation/co=yes/st=db/sf=document/se=tagref/sf=section/se=User_defined_Tags/sf=type/se=item/va=link_banner%3dUser%2ddefined%20Tags/va=link_overview%3dtagref04%2e00.html


UserTag library

http://developer.akopia.com/cgi-bin/ic/scan/fi=documentation/sp=docresults/st=db/co=yes/sf=document/se=usertag/sf=type/se=overview/va=link_image%3d/va=link_banner%3dThe%20UserTag%20Library.html





On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Dan B wrote:

 > At 03:34 PM 2/10/2001 -0500, you wrote:
 > >Hi, I have downloaded and installed a new module for my perl compiler.
 > >This module is referred to as JVM, it allows a programmer to access Java
 > >code from within their perl code.
 > >
 > >The module installation has worked great and I have been able to write
 > >Perl code that executes Java code.
 > >
 > >Unfortunately when I try to use this JVM library/module in embedded perl,
 > >I get errors.  Is there a particular perl file I should include the
 > >use Jvm;
 > >line in so that my embedded perl code can access this library?
 >
 > If I'm correct, the embedded perl code is run through the Safe module,
 > which would understandably restrict your usage of a JVM
 > module.  (Otherwise, an exploit allowing user-entered data to be executed
 > within Safe would be able execute arbitrary Java code -- even more
 > dangerous than arbitrary perl executed in Safe).
 >
 >  From what I understand, a global UserTag isn't run through the Safe
 > module.  Read up on UserTags and put one in interchange.cfg that uses your
 > JVM.  That might work.
 >
 >
 > Dan Browning, Cyclone Computer Systems, danb@cyclonecomputers.com
 >
 >
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Dan Browning, Cyclone Computer Systems, danb@cyclonecomputers.com