Re: PHP's security??

I guess if you are allowing access to files outside of your webtree which most apache confs do by default then it would be a potential problem. Most users probably don't bother to make any restrictions. On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Nathan Crause wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:44:35 +0200 > From: Nathan Crause <ncrause@mweb.co.za> > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] PHP's security?? > > I'm not too sure how exactly PHP can create this a security problem, since a > potential hacker would need to go through the web server anyway, in which > case the security issue is the web server's not PHP's. > > ""William"" <w.yang@btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:90pca3$aa8$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > Hi I want to install php and database support on my windows NT server. But > I > > heard there is a big security problem could leads hackers delete all files > > on the server and empty the database. > > Is this true? > > > > Regards > > William > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > email: meridian at tha net web: meridian.on.tha.net