Re: [us...@httpd] Untainting module for Apache

2010-09-30 Thread J. Greenlees
J. Greenlees wrote: Nick Kew wrote: ~snip~ Either of those might find a use for it. Running it on a proxy has the advantage of being the first port of call, so long as nothing bad can come from behind the proxy. I guess that's a similar question to authentication at the proxy. The "what are

Re: [us...@httpd] Untainting module for Apache

2010-09-30 Thread J. Greenlees
Nick Kew wrote: ~snip~ Either of those might find a use for it. Running it on a proxy has the advantage of being the first port of call, so long as nothing bad can come from behind the proxy. I guess that's a similar question to authentication at the proxy. The "what are you protecting again

Re: [us...@httpd] Untainting module for Apache

2010-09-30 Thread Nick Kew
On 30 Sep 2010, at 18:23, Igor Galić wrote: > Why not put it in svn in httpd's sandbox? Hadn't 100% decided ... >> http://people.apache.org/~niq/mod_taint.html >> http://people.apache.org/~niq/mod_taint.c > > does it make more sense to use it on a reverse proxy or > on the backend in question?

Re: [us...@httpd] Untainting module for Apache

2010-09-30 Thread Igor Galić
- Nick Kew wrote: > mod_taint is a new module to apply Perl-style taint checking > to untrusted data. It's a lot smaller and simpler than > mod_security, but offers a useful tool to protect a range > of applications. > > It's now up-and-running and working well for me, and ready > for wider t

[us...@httpd] Untainting module for Apache

2010-09-30 Thread Nick Kew
mod_taint is a new module to apply Perl-style taint checking to untrusted data. It's a lot smaller and simpler than mod_security, but offers a useful tool to protect a range of applications. It's now up-and-running and working well for me, and ready for wider testing and feedback. I've put the m