I have a Linux system, or a C compiler that can compile Linux programs. Can I compile CGI programs in C and upload them to Dragonfire?
Yes, but with one restriction: We MUST be able to view the source of the program at any time we choose. This means you must upload the source to your account along with the executable, and you should make it reasonably clear where the source for any particular program is (for example, by placing the sources in the same directory as the executables, by using a “cgi-src” directory, or by including a “README” file in your CGI executable directory explaining where the source for each executable is). We require source availability so that we can ensure that programs uploaded to the system are reasonably secure and are not trying to do unreasonable things (like obtain privileged system information). If we discover that a CGI program is behaving badly, we will be far more lenient if we have the source available and can verify that the program was made to do things it was not designed to do.
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