Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-04 Thread Craige Leeder
As has been said: It all depends on the developer. A skilled developer is not restrained by how "secure" the particular language is. A skilled developer will know the pitfalls of that language, and be able to avoid them. With php as an example, you have register_globals. Now, register_globals is

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-03 Thread Christopher Weldon
Well, if you do not know the answer to my particular question, I'm curious how might you respond to someone who says: PHP has to many security issues and should not be used with a user authentication system. We should use XXX. I think security mainly depends on the programmer and no

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, February 1, 2007 9:19 am, Eric Gorr wrote: > Well, if you do not know the answer to my particular question, I'm > curious how might you respond to someone who says: > > PHP has to many security issues and should not be used with a > user authentication system. > We should use XX

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Jon Anderson
Eric Gorr wrote: PHP has to many security issues and should not be used with a user authentication system. We should use XXX. Well, people's complaints about PHP probably stem from some security pitfalls built-in for simplicity's sake. (The most common being register_globals.) For th

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 10:19 -0500, Eric Gorr wrote: > > Well, if you do not know the answer to my particular question, I'm > curious how might you respond to someone who says: > > PHP has to many security issues and should not be used with a > user authentication system. > We shoul

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Németh Zoltán
On cs, 2007-02-01 at 10:19 -0500, Eric Gorr wrote: > On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: > > > Eric Gorr wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> > >>> Eric Gorr wrote: > I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more > insecure then >

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Eric Gorr
On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Gorr wrote: On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Gorr wrote: I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then other methods of developing website where security was of prime importance. Now, I perso

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Jochem Maas
Eric Gorr wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> Eric Gorr wrote: >>> I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then >>> other methods of developing website where security was of prime >>> importance. Now, I personally do not believe this, but it wo

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Eric Butera
On 2/1/07, Eric Gorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Jay Blanchard wrote: > > Also, check out > http://www.shiflett.org as Chris is one of if not the leading > expert in > security with PHP. Great site. thank you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To uns

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Eric Gorr
On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Jay Blanchard wrote: Also, check out http://www.shiflett.org as Chris is one of if not the leading expert in security with PHP. Great site. thank you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Eric Gorr
On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Gorr wrote: I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then other methods of developing website where security was of prime importance. Now, I personally do not believe this, but it would help me to convince others

RE: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then other methods of developing website where security was of prime importance. Now, I personally do not believe this, but it would help me to convince others if I could point to major sites, where security (mostly wi

Re: [PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Jochem Maas
Eric Gorr wrote: > I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then > other methods of developing website where security was of prime > importance. Now, I personally do not believe this, but it would help me > to convince others if I could point to major sites, where security

[PHP] Who uses PHP

2007-02-01 Thread Eric Gorr
I've heard some concern expressed that PHP might be more insecure then other methods of developing website where security was of prime importance. Now, I personally do not believe this, but it would help me to convince others if I could point to major sites, where security (mostly with resp