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  1. Lets write a lil tool,
    so we don't need to use #telnet anymore

    https://codeberg.org/alceawisteria/DeviceHacking/src/branch/main/routers/TPLink_M7350/proggies/2026-01-10-ShellBrowser

    And now we can use (the previously enabled lighttpd listing extended by an html wrapper and make cgi-bin execute *sh.

    Without any command line. In the #webbrowser .
    ❤️ Lovely
    Whats that ?
    If you copy in a sh onto your router externalSD ?

    ..
    Sure. added a FixPermission button just for that. :abloblamp:

    I like #CgiBin . Is nice

    (I kinda god bamboozled by FileExplorer putting a lock on the files and them not being written by the sh. Seems like WinSCP handles that better. Darn you #Windows #Fileexplorer )

    #repost •acws #acws #m7350 #tplink
  2. Ah, the good ol' days of CGI-bin—when every request was a delightful exercise in killing your server performance one CGI script at a time! 😆 Who needs modern efficiency when you can relive the 90s tech #nostalgia by pretending 200 million requests is a walk in the Jurassic Park? 🦖🌐
    simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/c #CGIbin #90sTech #ServerPerformance #JurassicPark #WebDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

  3. So, you're saying CGI-bin isn't just for retro-website hipsters still living in 1999? 🙃 Who knew that Perl scripts could handle more traffic than a Black Friday sale at a free coffee shop? ☕️📈 Oh, and remember to spawn a new process for every request—because who doesn't love a server on the brink of a nervous breakdown? 😂🔧
    jacob.gold/posts/serving-200-m #CGIbin #PerlScripts #WebTraffic #ServerManagement #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated

  4. @zombiewarrior

    yeah. it's pretty dumb. haha.

    but. it is open source and all that good stuff.
    wonder why Perl didn't just keep going.

    i gues server admins wanted to get away from that who cgi-bin ...
    i forget even how that worked!

    #Perl
    #cgibin
    #commongatewayinterface

  5. Friends, I am a total noob developer to CGI and Perl!

    So I decided to finally try it.

    It is so good and fun! I can totally understand the hype people had when then I was playing in the sandbox, literally in a sandbox.

    This is my first CGI server app, screenshot is just amazing. Definitely adding this to my toy Github projects.

    #webdevelopment #webhistory #cgibin #cgi #perl #internet #internethistory #server