Re: [PHP] Making includes and requires safe.

I agree with John Holmes that it is targeted at PHP. It is really wonderfull thing to know that google, yahoo can detect my php code on my site. These news item written by total uninformed (or Illinformed ) persons. zareef ahmed -- Zareef Ahmed :: A PHP Developer in India ( Delhi ) Homepage

Re: [PHP] Making includes and requires safe.

> It uses search engines including Google, Yahoo and AOL to identify exploitable Web pages written in PHP that use the functions "include()" and "require()" in an insecure manner, K-OTik said. Exactly how is a worm going to know if I have include($crap) in my code by searching google? Is it sear

RE: [PHP] Making includes and requires safe.

[snip] To prevent these attacks, it may be necessary to recode the site to use the include() and require() functions in a safe manner. [/snip] >From http://www.php.net/include "If "URL fopen wrappers" are enabled in PHP (which they are in the default configuration), you can specify the file to b

[PHP] Making includes and requires safe.

I received the following and I would like to know what is meant by "making includes and requires safe": [Quote] News Story by Peter Sayer DECEMBER 27, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The latest version of the Santy worm poses an elevated risk to many Web sites built using the PHP scripting language,