[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-09-11, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/11/2023 9:09 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-09-11, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 9/11/2023 8:42 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you can turn on those features, it means you can run PHP with
>>>> them turned off. It's no different from writing SQL code without
>>>> doing any sanitisation of input.
>>>
>>> Unless your boss says "I want them on."
>>>
>> 
>> Then you put it in writing why it is such a bad idea and get confirmation
>> to proceed also in writing. You also CC your coworkers and others so
>> that when it goes wrong, you can prove you are not to blame.
>> 
>
> Simon,
>     You need to come live in the real world.  The boss doesn't need
> to do anything you want him to do.  And bad mouthing him to your
> coworkers is very likely to just get you fired.
>

I do live in the real world Bill. I live in Europe (well, OK, the UK,
but it's a part of Europe).

Around here things are a bit more civilised than you are clearly used to.

And who said anything about "bad mouthing" ? That's _NOT_ how this is done.

What you do is to _politely_ and _factually_ write an email confirming
what you have told to do, and to explain why, by the industry standards,
this is considered to be a bad thing and what the risks are.

You then ask your boss outright if they want to proceed anyway. This simple
act may make them reconsider what they asked you to do.

Depending on how serious the thing is you are being asked to do, you may
also BCC the HR people. They don't care about you (that's not their job),
but they do care about the company they work for.

By using a BCC, it gives them the option to quietly see if there is a
problem, and to have a quiet word with your boss, while also giving you
written confirmation you tried to warn people.

If the company OTOH fires you for this then, _if_ you were polite and
factual, that company is now in _serious_ trouble, at least in Europe.

Simon.

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