Re: PHP 5.2.4 <= various mysql functions safemode & open_basedir bypass

2007-09-12 Thread Ronald Chmara
Two years ago, I wrote a semi similar post to this one, but, well, I'm old and tired of seeing this now. Time for folks to upgrade. On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Application: PHP <=5.2.4 Web Site: http://php.net Platform: unix Bug: safemode & open_basedir bypass ==

Re: Anti XSS AJAX

2007-07-28 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Jul 26, 2007, at 2:28 AM, Fady Anwar wrote: A white paper about how to counter attack XSS attacks using AJAX programming techniques http://barmagy.com/blogs/infinite_loop/archive/2007/07/20/498.aspx Failed assumptions = Flawed solutions. Signing

Re: PHP as a secure language? PHP worms? [was: Re: new linux malware]

2007-01-04 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Darren Reed wrote: In some mail from Jim Harrison, sie said: Again; I agree with and fully support the effort. What I'm trying to point out is the literal impossibility of actually achieving "genuine security" in either our code or the languages it's written in. We

Re: PHP security (or the lack thereof)

2006-06-27 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Jun 24, 2006, at 3:42 PM, Darren Reed wrote: In some mail from john mullee, sie said: --- Darren Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I guess most of the remaining offending apps were written in C: as much as 96% ?!! (including basically all of microsoft's stuff!!) Surely the least secure langu

Re: PHP security (or the lack thereof)

2006-06-26 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Jun 21, 2006, at 4:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to make the language 'safe' won't fix it because the language is not the problem. The real problem is the way PHP is presented to most new developers. PHP has been introduced as a tool for the web developer. As a language its goal is