A Pause for Caution

Well, I thought I was going to have some fun today with Linux, but I must put that on hold. Why you ask? I need to do some cleanup work on our servers. Previously, I have ranted about php versus perl and how I have a general dislike of the former and love of the latter. It seems as though one piece of software that I still use (infrequently) that is written in php (open source) is full of holes. Like swiss cheese. Like potentially open to attack. So, my mission for the day is to completely remove any trace of php software from our servers. It may sound drastic, but it is much easier to re-add a few products than to rebuild an entire system from an intrusion. Err on the side of caution? You betcha! Update: I thought I had already removed all of the php code. Just realized I missed Gallery. Gone and to be replaced with a perl-driven slideshow.