- Perl.com (http://www.perl.com/) is the official site for Perl on the web.
- The Perl Journal (http://tpj.com/) is an e-zine devoted to the Perl language.
- The CGI Resource Index (http://www.cgi-resources.com/) includes links to hundreds of CGI-related sites, including links to programs and scripts, documentation, books, magazine articles, and job listings.
- The CGI Programming MetaFAQ
(http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html) has links to numerous other FAQs and useful CGI-related information.
- The WWW Security FAQ (http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.html) contains more generalized information about security of information on the Web. It has a section on CGI, as well as info on running a secure server, protecting confidential data, safe scripting in Perl, and more.
- CGI/Perl Taint Mode FAQ (http://gunther.web66.com/FAQS/taintmode.html) - information about taintperl and secure scripting.
- Randal Schwartz writes Perl programming columns for several magazines. The articles are archived on his website at
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/columns.html.
- There are several Usenet newsgroups for discussing Perl and CGI topics;
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi and comp.lang.perl.misc are the two main groups. Read them through your local ISP or using Google Groups.
- PerlMonks (http://www.perlmonks.org/) is a discussion forum for Perl programmers.
- The MySQL Website (http://www.mysql.com) has downloadable software, searchable online documentation, and links to third-party applications.
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