.cgi files

[Thomas Dowling]

In general, you can't get the source of a CGI script without special
permissions; this is much more likely to be an HTML or text file created by
an CGI script and saved with Netscape's Save As command.  Netscape just
uses whatever file extension it sees in the URL.  (Memo to the gang at
Netscape: before throwing another few megabytes of code into your browser
for stuff like <LAYER>, maybe you could add a couple lines to make Save As
default to the MIME type provided by the server.)

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu
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From: Reading Public Library, Reference Dept. <rplref at ptd.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997 9:55 PM
Subject: .cgi files

>CGI files are still new ground for me, so I ask your indulgence.  On our
>freestanding internet computers, I found that someone had downloaded a
file
>to our hard drive with a .cgi extension.  Fortres 1.0 does not prevent
this.
>Should I be concerned? Would a .cgi file be considered in the same class
as
>a .exe file (it could contain a virus)?  Frank Cervone, I know you can
>answer this!
>
>Eileen Stec, reference librarian
>Reading Public Library
>Reading, PA
>
>