--- On Fri, 8/6/10, Roland Mösl <founder_at_pege.org> wrote:

> From: Roland Mösl <founder_at_pege.org>
> Subject: Re: Desperate about the deadline 16th August
> To: "the curl tool" <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 1:07 PM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Haneda" <talklists_at_newgeo.com>
> To: "the curl tool" <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Cc: "the curl tool" <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Desperate about the deadline 16th August
>
>
> > On Aug 6, 2010, at 1:40 AM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 1. There is _no_ native oauth support in
> curl/libcurl right now.
> >
> > I was surprised by the post; excited if it were true,
> but wondering where curl
> > draws the line in what it supports. Aren't there
> plenty of oauth libraries out there already?
> >I know there are perl, php, bash, and a number of other
> mainstream interfaces
> > to oauth on the twitter wiki.
>
> My problem is, that I am stuck with an old Perl version.
>
> There had been some changes between 5,2 and 5,6
> influencing some features with MSIE as GUI.
>
> After serveral attempts, I had given up to upgrade to a new
> Perl version,
> so I can not use all this new libraries.
>
> Instead I use CURL by a Perl generated batch file.
>
> >> 3. Anyone is free to step forward and write the
> necessary code. I personally
> >>   have not reached that far down my
> TODO-list to get into that, and I don't
> >>   expect it to happen in a while
> either.
> >
> > So it is a possibility? It seems too narrow a feature
> to be part of curl.
> > I would have assumed rejection of said feature for
> deviating into a
> > highly specific function set that is only useful to a
> small subset of users.
>
> More and moe platforms will remove basic authentification
> as unsecure.
>
> It starts with Twitter August 16th
>
> The main advantage is, that utilities do not require
> username and password
> anymore.
>
> Before with basic authentification
>
> Utility A needs my username and password for service X
>
> After oAuto
>
> I tell service X that utility A is allowed to work for me
> Utility A gets a key
>
> I can every time remove the allowence for utility A
> without changing my password.
>
> I can ask service X, to what utilities have I given a
> permission.
>
> best regards
>
> Roland Mösl

Perl script is a compiled and then interpreted from compilation tree
program, the interpreter being the Perl executable.

If from your code an executable program can be called, then Perl with a
Perl script can be called as well.

But, as far as I know, if you are talking about _client_ side, you can't
(due to WEB security concepts) call _any_ executable.

So, if you counted on calling 'curl' from a WEB browser, you were probably
wrong in the first place.

Your last question, actually, is quite strange - first you complain about
a version which is too old, and then, when given a chance to try quite
a new version, you are asking whether it will at all work.

So, what is the problem - old version or your lack of understanding of
Perl applicability ?

If the latter, why did you complain about the old version ? If the former,
why are you asking about applicability ?

Regards,
  Sergei.

      
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Received on 2010-08-07