Re: PHP Security - "view source code"

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, bvr@xs4all.nl wrote: > I've seen a number of sites for example that didn't have the .inc extension > registered, > include() doesn't care about that, but if your includes are under the document root of > your > website (that happens a lot too, i don't know why ?) and you specify the exact name of > the include in your browser (or worse, the directory is browsable from the web), the webserver > will default to text/plain content and display the source. Bad thing since includes usually > contain > passwords and stuff. I agree with this, since I saw such mistakes wit my own eyes. IMHO, the best way to avoid this kind of problems is to: (1) avoid using .inc files; use .php files like for normal script (2) turn Indexes directive to off by default per website (3) make directories 711 instead of 755 (4) develop an organized php scripts structure outside DocumentRoot and place the files that you will eventually include in an "include" sudirectory within that structure (5) review changes all the time, check your weblogs and be vigillent :-) Ave, Socrate -- Radu Filip Network Administrator @ Technical University of Iasi radu@tuiasi.ro Information Technology and Communication Center http://socrate.tuiasi.ro/ ccti@tuiasi.ro | http://ccti.tuiasi.ro/