Re: Security of PHP code

From: Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 15:59:00 +0000
Subject: Re: Security of PHP code
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maybe one could be <? $allowed_path = "/www/sites/mysite/teaching"; if (substr($file, 0, str_len($allowed_path)) <> $allowed_path ) { die("not allowed!"); } else { show_source($file); } ?> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hankley, Chip" <Chip.Hankley@GASAI.Com> To: "PHP Mailingliste" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Security of PHP code > OK, > > I'm pretty new to PHP, and have been reading this thread, and am just a > little freaked. > > If I understand this right, the only way reason we can view the source code > of those pages is that the web server on which the page resides essentially > has a PHP page somewhere on their site that has some variation of: > > <?show_source($file);?> > > as it's content, right? > > While I can see the utility of that for some situations > (teaching...examples, etc.), it seems like a huge potential for security > breaches. > > Is it possible to have such a function on your site w/o giving access to ALL > of your documents... > > Chip > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >

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