Re: Securing PHP or finding PHP alternatives

["Sheryl Coppenger" <gubydala@xxxxxxx>]

Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Gezim Hoxha wrote:
>> 1.) If I have to write PHP, how do I write secure PHP? Give me a number
>> of ensures that I can follow and check-mark each and live a happy
>> life--for the most part.
>>
> Program defensively:
[snip]
> Test your system:
[snip]

There's at least one book out on PHP security.  Is there anyone here who
has used it and has comments?  I'm not experienced enough in PHP to judge:

Pro PHP Security
by Chris Snyder and Michael Southwell
Apress © 2005 (528 pages)
ISBN:1590595084

> Wrap it in AppArmor http://en.opensuse.org/AppArmor for when you screw
> up ^W^W don't do all the above perfectly.

But that's only available if you're using Suse, right?  What about
hardened PHP, modsecurity, putting Apache in a chroot jail, that sort of
thing?

Sheryl