Re: [tlug] Multiple scp targets?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Romeo Theriault writes:
 > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 20:00, Romeo Theriault <romeo.theriault@example.com>wrote:
 > 
 > >
 > >> for my $i (@dirs) {
 > >         my $scpe = Net::SCP::Expect->new;
 > >         $scpe->login("romeo", "$password");
 > >         $scpe->scp('/tmp/testfile', "melon:${i}");
 > > }
 > >
 > 
 > Actually, you can/should move the :
 > 
 >          my $scpe = Net::SCP::Expect->new;
 > 
 >         $scpe->login("romeo", "$password");
 > 
 > 
 > out of the for loop.

Perl *can* be secure (the taint mechanism, for example, is pretty
conservative), but I wouldn't trust it with passwords unless there's a
well-audited Password module.  I certainly wouldn't trust the Expect
module in that role.

In general I don't trust Perl, I must admit.  Plenty of room for
digital steganography in all that line noise!