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> I was considering installing Bucktooth on "route-add.net", > but I wonder how safe can this idea be considering that > Bucktooth seems not to have undegone any changes for three > years and the following lines in the INSTALL file that make > me both laugh and jitter: > > >This is a very, very scruffy hack of Bucktooth into a form that can be > >used by outside server administrators. It is *NOT* a polished, end-user > >product. If you don't know how to hack Perl, do NOT use it. There are > >probably a billion security holes in it, and no doubt about a trillion > >bugs. YMMV, CYA and pregnancy may result if improperly positioned. > > What are your Bucktooth experiences like? Who's using it? > Should I just laugh about the INSTALL warnings and go ahead installing > Bucktooth with little or no worry, or should I definitely put the > software aside?

Bucktooth maintainer at your service ;)

I haven't made any changes to it because, simply speaking, I haven't needed to. I do run it on gopher.floodgap.com, naturally, but as in any case, I'm sure there are problems I haven't yet run across. Others have made patches to buckd to allow it to serve Gopher+ documents, and modularized it somewhat, but the basic distro has remained pretty much stable.

Nevertheless, be fully advised that if something comes up that needs my attention, a patch and a new version will be issued most speedily. :)

Hope this answers your question.

-- ---------------------------------- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * ckaiser@floodgap.com -- Silly is a state of mind, stupid is a way of life. -- Dave Butler ----------