[openbeos] Re: Haiku software site (off-topic)

  • From: "Jonathon Freeman" <j_freeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:17:51 -0600

> > Php is secure unless you program insecurely. For example the link
> > you posted:
> >
> > http://www.haikubytes.com/beta/?category=''
> >
> > This will not work.  my php code scans 'category' to ensure it's an
> > integer with regex, if it is not an integer it dies.  I plan to
> > implement several security checks such as these throughout the site.
>
> I beg to differ. PHP has known security problems which are
> independent of the programming style.

PHP 5.1 and older are insecure, but I wasn't aware of any vulnerabilties in
5.2.0. As someone who writes PHP code for a living, I'd love to know what
specific problems you're referring to.

Thanks,
Jonathon


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