I've just recently started learning Linux and am looking at Perl as a scripting language for administrative tasks. It would be nice to be able to use the same language for my Linux and win boxes.

Everything I have found says that Perl will run on Windows but not natively. You have to install something like ActiveState's ActivePerl in order to run your Perl scripts.

In installing this software does it not create another problem in that now if someone attacks that particular box they an execute perl scripts on it that they could not before.

Is the advantage worth the risk?

-CD