[ZOPE] using re.compile(...) raises an HTTP401 (basic authencication) ??????

[Loft's Horrible]

Hmmm..... Not the case of my server.
I'm just using a regexp to check the RFC822 conformance of a mail address
from a form. Don't think this requires much IT energy !
In addition, users are not allowed to write their python scripts.

"Bill Anderson" <bill at libc.org> a écrit dans le message news:
TPJJ6.248$Uc2.129543 at news03.micron.net...
> In article <9crcjp$7ko$1 at news2.isdnet.net>, "Gilles Lenfant"
> <glenfant.nospam at bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > Many thanks M. Penfold...
> >
> > But... curious behaviour, I don't see what kind of security issue may
> > raise from the re package. It does not play with OS features AFAIK.
>
> re can use quite  abit of CPU. Imagine a server with users placing re
> using scirpts abou tthe place, and them being called frequently. it can
> get pretty hairy.
>
> Bill