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Password Security
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- Thu 27 Sep 2007 at 18:50
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A forum thread on Lowter a few weeks ago brought up the matter of password security. For most web developers, I think, the issue of password security is not the top on the list. Most of the time, password security is satisfied with a simple MD5 hash. Personally, I do not know much about password security other than a few articles I have read. Due to the forum thread, I have been trying to verse myself in the matter now. Take a look at the forum thread and this page on password security because they have some really useful information..…
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SQL Injections
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- Sun 5 Mar 2006 at 21:10
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Allowing users to input unescaped data into your application can lead to the dangerous vulnerability of a SQL injection. SQL injections can completely cripple your database, making them a major security risk. Here Doug discusses what SQL injections are and some practical methods to prevent them.
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Securities in Macs
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- Sun 9 Oct 2005 at 15:16
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- Blog Entry
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Philip Miseldine is a recent Macintosh converter, around the same time as myself. Like most Apple users, he does not worry about computer viruses, and does not run any virus protection software. He recently wrote a blog entry about the security advantages in OS X. I have never worried about security on my computers, mainly because I chose more secure software. Windows has one main weakness - Internet Explorer. Even on a Windows platform you can secure yourself through the one port for viruses - the Internet. Using Opera/M2 and Firefox/T…
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Generating Random Passwords
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- Sun 30 Jan 2005 at 6:39
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Have you ever needed to generate a random password, for example when a user forgets his/her password? Create a PHP function that generates random passwords with a specified amount of characters.
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