On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:06:05 +0800, Mike Alim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone heard about SQL injection attacks? How does it affect a > website? and what we need to do to prevent it?
Apparently, it's very common in Philippine websites. See the blog of PI_Flashbulb, et al[0]. A successful attack could do as much as what the account running the SQL server can do. You can prevent it by checking very carefully what types of input you accept in your web forms. [0] http://technews_isaw.blogspot.com/ -- Linux Just Simply Rocks! Registered Linux User #327776 Be counted @ http://counter.li.org/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
