Securing A Cgi/perl Script

[rowanp]

Hi

 

I am about to install an application on my site which is made up of several scripts. Some of them will require an SSL connection. Assuming I buy an SSL certificate and have it installed (which I have not yet done), how exactly will I secure the script, i.e. how will I get some of the scripts to be sent through SSL and others not ? Is it as simple as changing the http to https on the pages that I need to be secured or will I have to upload some of the scripts in a special directory?

 

Also, while I'm on the subject , how safe are cgi scripts? Is it possible for someone to hack into them from the outside? How safe is the information passed through them?

 

Thank you for your help

 

Rowan.

[TCH-Rob]

Rowan,

 

I am sorry for not noticing this post sooner. It is as simple as changing from http to https. As to the CGi. I am not well versed in that but I believe it depends on how that script is made. If the data is sent out in the open, not behind https then it is as secure as any other page you use.

[rowanp]

Rowan,

 

I am sorry for not noticing this post sooner.  It is as simple as changing from http to https.  As to the CGi.  I am not well versed in that but I believe it depends on how that script is made.  If the data is sent out in the open, not behind https then it is as secure as any other page you use.

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Thanks for the help Rob.