In my experience, Oracle requires Perl, but does not install it. Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:58 AM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Oracle Security Alert #68 - Security Vulnerabilities in Oracle's Server Product - Win2000 Isn't Oracle installing Perl as part of it's software install now? Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle Security Alert #68 - Security Vulnerabilities in Oracle's Server Product - Win2000 > Oracle wants you to run Perl scripts on the Win2k server.=3D20 Has any = > of you out there with Win2k server apply this patch?? If you have not, = > do you have Perl installed on your Win2k server.?? >=20 My job would be much more difficult *without* Perl on all our Win32=20 servers. Jared --- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004