Om 18:06 op maandag 26 juni 2006, Geo.: > ... >> "The configuration flexibility of PHP is equally rivalled by the code >> flexibility. PHP can be used to build complete server applications, >> with all the power of a shell user, or it can be used for simple >> server-side includes with little risk in a tightly controlled >> environment. How you build that environment, and how secure it is, is >> largely up to the PHP developer." > And is the default install wide open or tightly controlled? I mean from a > security standpoint we have been screaming for years at Microsoft to change > their defaults to firewall on and things locked instead of open. > Is php secure by default when it's installed on a server? no, it is definitely not. with things like allow_url_fopen [1] defaulting to true which allows remote scripts to be include()d, safe mode being off [2], functions like system() and shell_exec() allowing the script to execute random programs on the webserver, things are not quite there yet. Mrten. [1] http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php#ini.allow-url-fopen [2] yes, i know it's an ugly workaround. it's a useful one, though. -- Be the change you want to see in the world. --Mahatma Ghandi
