Hi

Dne Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:22:43 +0200
Olaf van der Spek <o...@xwis.net> napsal(a):

> On 7-4-2010 13:16, Michal Čihař wrote:
> >> I don't have experience with Suhosin, but it sounds a bit like AV
> >> software (on Windows): work arounds, not solutions.
> >
> > Well there are definitely good things in Suhosin, but I don't see much
> 
> In that case they should be integrated into PHP itself (IMO).

I guess the reasons are mostly same as for hardened PHP:
http://www.hardened-php.net/hphp/faq.html#why_is_hardening-patch_not_part_of_php

> >> Isn't it possible to detect and disable those operations in pMA when
> >> Suhosin is enabled?
> >
> > It could be probably implemented by combination of PHP and client side
> > javascript code (you need to validate forms before submitting whether
> > they don't reach some of configured limits), but nobody invested his
> > time into this so far. Patches are of course welcome.
> 
> What Suhosin setting depends on length of user input? I don't see it in 
> the FAQ.

It limits maximal length of value -
http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.request.max_value_length
http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.get.max_value_length
http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.post.max_value_length

> >>> Finally, it's possible to change the specific Suhosin settings that
> >>> phpMyAdmin has a problem with.
> 
> Can't this be done by default in Debian?

Ask Suhosin maintainers :-).

>  > So it's definately not needed to remove or
> >>> disable Suhosin to be able to work with phpMyAdmin.
> >>
> >> I know, I just think this warning isn't right either.
> >
> > What kind of warning would be better?
> 
> No warning, it should be 'fixed' some other way.

Patches welcome. Validating forms while generating them in PHP and on
submission using JavaScript is quite a lot of work and this is IMHO the
only way to do this.

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        Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com

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