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TheFLY · 12-08-2002, 02:18 PM

I want to code a password protected user database, and I'm wondering if PHP would be sufficient and secure enough to use for the basic user interface and file access to the database records... I won't be using SQL, just flat text files.

I'm not really so worried about brute-force type hacking -- I'm more concerned about obvious security dangers that a lazy coder like myself might encounter... Pretty much I know basic stuff like limit the user input to only the most essential (no fancy characters allowed, etc.) -- but what are some other obvious mistakes?

12-08-2002, 02:18 PM
TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	Password System and PHP Security Flaws? I want to code a password protected user database, and I'm wondering if PHP would be sufficient and secure enough to use for the basic user interface and file access to the database records... I won't be using SQL, just flat text files. I'm not really so worried about brute-force type hacking -- I'm more concerned about obvious security dangers that a lazy coder like myself might encounter... Pretty much I know basic stuff like limit the user input to only the most essential (no fancy characters allowed, etc.) -- but what are some other obvious mistakes?