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FasterSlasher RSS Newsfeed Display Script

FasterSlasher is a Perl script that displays a list of articles or headlines taken from a remote RSS or RDF file. Basically, you feed FasterSlasher the URL of an RSS file on the web & it will fetch the file, interpret the XML coding & display a nicely formatted list.

Output can be formatted for full-page display or SSI use. Other controls include the number of headlines/articles shown & whether descriptions are displayed in addition to titles.

XML parsing is handled by the Perl module XML::RSSLite. This is not a "standard" Perl module & your ISP may not support it. But it's easy to install locally in your own cgi-bin. (Details included in the download file.)

  • Example A: Headline listing embedded in this page using SSI. Display of item descriptions is enabled. The number of titles is set to allow this site's RSS list to "max out"...

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    [ GLSA 200812-07 ] Mantis: Multiple vulnerabilities
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-07 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-02 ] enscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-02 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-04 ] lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-04 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-05 ] libsamplerate: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-05 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-06 ] libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-06 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-03 ] IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-03 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [ GLSA 200812-01 ] OptiPNG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
    Posted by Robert Buchholz on Dec 2<p> <p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-01 <br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />...
    [USN-683-1] Imlib2 vulnerability
    Posted by Marc Deslauriers on Dec 02<p> <p> =========================================================== <br /> Ubuntu Security Notice USN-683-1 December 02, 2008 <br /> imlib2 vulnerability <br /> CVE-2008-5187 <br /> =========================================================== <br /> <p>A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: <br /> <p>Ubuntu 6.06 LTS <br />...
    Cpanel fantastico Privilege Escalation quotModSec and PHP restriction Bypassquot
    Posted by l1un_at_hotmail.com on Dec 1<p> ('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Script : Cpanel 11.x <br /> bug : language.php [edite file] <br /> exploit=Cpanel fantastico Privilege Escalation "ModSec and PHP restriction Bypass" <br /> <p> safemode off , mod_security off Disable functions : All NONE ,access root folder <br /> <p>...
    Re: binlogin gives root to group utmp
    Posted by 0xjbrown41_at_gmail.com on Dec 1<p> ('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) I'm glad you finally seemed to make the 'bug' fixing team of Debian aware of security issues. I'm just glad I personally haven't seem this much scrutiny from the security team or my faith in Debian maintainers in all areas would significantly...
    Dates for SyScan09
    Posted by organiser_at_syscan.org on Dec 02<p> <p> dear all <br /> <p>There will be 4 SyScan'09 conferences next year in 4 different exciting <br /> countries in Asia. They are as follows: <br /> <p>SyScan'09 Shanghai: 14th and 15th May 2009 <br /> SyScan'09 Hong Kong: 19th and 20th May 2009 <br /> SyScan'09 Singapore: 2nd and 3rd July July 2009 <br /> SyScan'09 Taiwan: 7th and 8th July...
    [SECURITY] [DSA 1676-1] New flamethrower packages fix denial of service
    Posted by dann frazier on Dec 1<p> <p> <p>------------------------------------------------------------------------ <br /> Debian Security Advisory DSA-1676-1 security_at_debian.org <br /> http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier <br /> December 01, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq <br />...
    [USN-682-1] libvorbis vulnerabilities
    Posted by Marc Deslauriers on Dec 01<p> <p> =========================================================== <br /> Ubuntu Security Notice USN-682-1 December 01, 2008 <br /> libvorbis vulnerabilities <br /> CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423 <br /> =========================================================== <br /> <p>A security issue affects the following...
    [USN-681-1] ImageMagick vulnerability
    Posted by Marc Deslauriers on Dec 01<p> <p> =========================================================== <br /> Ubuntu Security Notice USN-681-1 December 01, 2008 <br /> imagemagick vulnerability <br /> CVE-2008-1096 <br /> =========================================================== <br /> <p>A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: <br /> <p>Ubuntu 6.06 LTS...
    [BMSA 2008-09] Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Rumpus v6.0
    Posted by Nam Nguyen on Dec 1<p> <p> BLUE MOON SECURITY ADVISORY 2008-09 <br /> =================================== <br /> <p><p>:Title: Two buffer overflows in Maxum Rumpus <br /> :Severity: Critical <br /> :Reporter: Blue Moon Consulting <br /> :Products: Maxum Rumpus v6.0 <br /> :Fixed in: 6.0.1 <br /> <p><p>Description <br /> ----------- <br /> <p>Rumpus turns any Mac into a file transfer server....

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  • Example B: The link below will open a full-page display for kuro5hin.org & descriptions are provided in addition to titles...

    Open a full page listing with descriptions (kuro5hin.org uses verbose descriptions!).

  • Example C: The same headlines but without the descriptions & constrained to 8 headlines.

    Open a full page listing without descriptions

In general, the SSI method is easier for most folks to use, since style sheets & other markups can be set conventionally. The full-page method requires some editing of the Perl source in order to incorporate style sheets or fancy formatting.

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