security

What we can learn from yesterday's phpBB.com hack

Yesterday the phpBB.com server got hacked. People who, like me, were there back in the days of phpBB2 will be reminded of the security flaws found in the...

0 replies - 2339 views - 02/02/09 by Stefan Koopmanschap in Articles

PHP Code: Top Ten Security Vulnerabilities

Below follows the top ten security vulnerabilities that might be hiding in your PHP code.1. Unvalidated Parameters Most importantly, turn...

1 replies - 16676 views - 08/12/08 by rochakchauhan in News

Watch Your POST: Save PHP POST Data as XML

One of my main goals when creating PHP web forms is to keep them secure and protected from spammers and automated bots. With the amount of spam that Akismet...

5 replies - 5417 views - 03/25/08 by David Walsh in News

Force A Secure Page Using PHP

Force A Secure Page Using PHP Many pages, most often pages with forms or pages that serve personal information, require the need to be served over a secure...

6 replies - 5027 views - 03/15/08 by David Walsh in News

PHP Security - Block Access to Include Files Using .htaccess

When I build websites for clients and myself, I use numerous include files to make my website easy to maintain. These include files may:

9 replies - 5336 views - 01/30/08 by David Walsh in News