Re: PHP as a secure language? PHP worms? [was: Re: new linux malware]
This one time, at band camp, Chad Maron <chad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned, PHP is one of the better languages out there it's
> just that lazy and incompetent pseudo-developers get their hands on tutorial
> code and copy-paste it into oblivion.
agreed, however PHP core Developers will often overlook the PHP communities
cries for security tools to implement secure practises.
The filter extension goes a long way to addressing this, but still we see issues
such as deprecated extensions like the Mimetype Functions that leave a gaping
hole
in validation of file types without installing extra's from PECL (FileInfo)
which is
not always available to the person, particularly in a shared hosting
environment.
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