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@@ -14,3 +14,36 @@ this be used to attack the server where it is built? I know that xslt is
 really a full programming language, so I assume at least DOS attacks are
 possible. Can it also read other arbitrary files, run other programs, etc?
 --[[Joey]] 
+
+> For the first point, agreed.  It should probably check that the data file has a `.xml` extension also.  Have now fixed.
+
+> For the second point, I think the main concern would be resource usage.  XSLT is a pretty limited language; it can read other XML files, but it can't run other programs so far as I know.
+
+> -- [[KathrynAndersen]]
+
+>> XSLT is, indeed, a Turing-complete programming language.
+   However, [XML::LibXSLT][] provides a set of functions to help
+   to minimize the damage that may be caused by running a random
+   program.
+
+>> In particular, `max_depth ()` allows for the maximum
+   recursion depth to be set, while
+   `read_file ()`, `write_file ()`, `create_dir ()`,
+   `read_net ()` and `write_net ()`
+   are the callbacks that allow any of the possible file
+   operations to be denied.
+
+>> To be honest, I'd prefer for the `read_file ()` callback to
+   only grant access to the files below the Ikiwiki source
+   directory, and for all the `write_`… and
+   …`_net` callbacks to deny the access unconditionally.
+
+>> One more wishlist item: allow the set of locations to take
+   `.xsl` files from to be preconfigured, so that, e. g.,
+   one could allow (preasumably trusted) system stylesheets,
+   while disallowing any stylesheets that are placed on the Wiki
+   itself.
+
+>> — Ivan Shmakov, 2010-03-28Z.
+
+[XML::LibXSLT]: http://search.cpan.org/~PAJAS/XML-LibXSLT/LibXSLT.pm