Am 2006-05-14 00:11:09, schrieb Nick Wilson: > Hi all, > > are there any security concerns with uploaded images? > > My thought is that it wouldnt be too hard to have some kind of script > masquerade as a gif file, and perhaps cause damage. > > I cant find anyway to check a file really is a gif/png/jpg (i assume the > mimetype available in $_FILES could be spoofed). Use the unix command "file" to determiner what file you have. I have had the same problem... > Many thanks! Greetings Michelle Konzack -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php