Matt's Script Archive
Matt's Script Archive is a collection of CGI scripts written in the Perl programming language. Started in 1995 by Matt Wright (at the time a high school student in Fort Collins, Colorado), the archive contains about a dozen free scripts, designed to be easily added to a site and configured.[1] One of the scripts, FormMail, is claimed to be the most popular CGI script on the World Wide Web, with over 2 million downloads since 1997.[2]
As the scripts grew in popularity they were criticized for being insecure. The FormMail.pl script, in particular, was exploited by
I would highly recommend downloading the nms versions if you wish to learn CGI programming. The code you find at Matt's Script Archive is not representative of how even I would code these days.[7]
Most of the scripts at Matt's Script Archive ceased to be updated after 1996, with the exception of security flaws or bugs.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "World Wide Mart: History". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Matt's Script Archive: FormMail". Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Are Spammers and Hackers Abusing Your FormMail.pl Perl Script". webgear.datacreek.net. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "The nms Project". 2004-12-28. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ London Perl Mongers
- ^ NMS. Sourceforge.
- ^ "Matt's Script Archive: nms". Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Matt's Script Archive: nms". Retrieved April 23, 2011.