Re: [PHP] security and .htaccess

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, December 2, 2006 3:35 pm, Alain Roger wrote: > I'm working on .htaccess file for improving security. > Based on documentation from PHPSEC.org, we should be able to store > DB_USER > login and DB_PASS password in some secret-stuff (for example) file, > which > should be located outside root

Re: [PHP] alternative method

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
The browser is not supposed to change that, unless you hard-link to http:// somewhere in your application. I don't guarantee no browser ever had a bug like that, but I never heard of such a bug. And there ain't no stopping a pesky user from taking the 's' out to see what happens... So you should

Re: [PHP] Acceptably Converting a 24bit PNG to a JPEG?

2006-12-02 Thread Graham Anderson
using imagecopyresampled did the trick :) This will be great for my css files. If all goes well, the below will be used to dynamically convert PNG images to Jpegs for IE6 and below. For some bizarre reason, you can not use the background-position property with PNGs for <= IE 6. So, in my css

Re: [PHP] alternative method

2006-12-02 Thread Bernhard Zwischenbrugger
Am Samstag, den 02.12.2006, 13:57 -0600 schrieb Larry Garfield: > If you're talking about getting user data into a web script, then GET, POST, > and cookies are the only options. All three are insecure, because they're > coming from the user. The user is guilty until proven otherwise. Sanitize

Re: [PHP] Security and methods

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
I personally chose the include method... I was scared also that the dispatch method will only finish by polluting a single file... on the other side, i like the idea to have a clear view on each php file, so include a security.inc file (which has the switch ...case function) was a logical path fo

Re: [PHP] problem with register globals on new server

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, December 2, 2006 5:31 am, Tony Marston wrote: > If you site administrator thinks that using an htaccess file is a > security > issue then he is very much mistaken. The directives in an htaccess > file DO > NOT enable you to access any one else's data on a shared server. All > they do > is

Re: [PHP] How to be sure to use SSL

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
Richard, as i wrote you before, i've gotthe following suggestion to implement before to run the rest of my PHP code. if($_SERVER['HTTPS']!='on') { header('location:https://www.mysite.com'); exit; } ... but i do not know if it's enough. Alain On 12/2/06, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

[PHP] security and .htaccess

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, I'm working on .htaccess file for improving security. Based on documentation from PHPSEC.org, we should be able to store DB_USER login and DB_PASS password in some secret-stuff (for example) file, which should be located outside root of web document root. (for example in some /path_to_secret

Re: [PHP] Acceptably Converting a 24bit PNG to a JPEG?

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
I suspect that if you do an "imagecopyresampled" or somesuch into a fresh NEW image, you'd get what you want. Not saying you haven't found a bug ; Just suggesting a work-around. On Fri, December 1, 2006 4:26 pm, Graham Anderson wrote: > Is there some trick to getting PHP GD to properly convert a

Re: [PHP] How to be sure to use SSL

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, December 2, 2006 2:17 am, Alain Roger wrote: > I would like to know how can i be sure to make customer use the SSL > all the > time. > all the time in my PHP code, i write links as relative links, so > without > HTTPS. > > I was thinking to check everything if the port is the SSL port > (de

Re: [PHP] Security and methods

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, December 2, 2006 9:47 am, Alain Roger wrote: > After reading the documentation about security from phpsec.org, i see > that 2 > "schools" exist (dispatch method or include method). > I do not see any huge difference between them. > I would like to know what is the most suitable method to ce

Re: [PHP] alternative method

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, December 2, 2006 10:29 am, Alain Roger wrote: > Based on phpsec.org documentation it is written ("between lines") that > GET > and POST methods are still used but they are not the most secured > (except if > we take care for that). > So, i would like to know which other methods are more sec

Re: [PHP] alternative method

2006-12-02 Thread Larry Garfield
If you're talking about getting user data into a web script, then GET, POST, and cookies are the only options. All three are insecure, because they're coming from the user. The user is guilty until proven otherwise. Sanitize thy input. Sensitive data like username and password should never b

Re: [PHP] How to be sure to use SSL

2006-12-02 Thread afan
my solution: if($_SERVER["HTTPS"] != 'on') { header ('location: https://www.your_domain_here.com'); exit; } -afan > Hi, > > I would like to know how can i be sure to make customer use the SSL all > the > time. > all the time in my PHP code, i write links as relative links, so without > HTTPS

[PHP] alternative method

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, Based on phpsec.org documentation it is written ("between lines") that GET and POST methods are still used but they are not the most secured (except if we take care for that). So, i would like to know which other methods are more secured that those 2. thx. Alain -

[PHP] Security and methods

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, After reading the documentation about security from phpsec.org, i see that 2 "schools" exist (dispatch method or include method). I do not see any huge difference between them. I would like to know what is the most suitable method to centralize security in 1 single file. thx. Alain -

Re: [PHP] problem with register globals on new server

2006-12-02 Thread Tony Marston
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> hi, >>> I had to move my osComerce store to new hosting company. new server runs >>> on php5/mysql5. >>> >>> got this error: >>> FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it! >>>

[PHP] How to be sure to use SSL

2006-12-02 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, I would like to know how can i be sure to make customer use the SSL all the time. all the time in my PHP code, i write links as relative links, so without HTTPS. I was thinking to check everything if the port is the SSL port (default : 443), but it does not mean that protocol is HTTPS. So, h