RE: [PHP-WIN] RE: php security in a hosting environment
| From: | Andreas Lange | Date: | Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:52:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] RE: php security in a hosting environment | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.windows |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Duncan [mailto:jd@jamesduncan.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:36 PM
> To: php-windows@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] RE: php security in a hosting environment
>
>
> I'm new to PHP but wouldn't it be a security risk to allow users
> to actually
> view PHP code as it may contain database passwords, etc? For example, the
> PHP.net site provides code, which asks the user to enter a URL
> containing a
> PHP script and the source code of that script is then displayed
> to the user.
you can limit the access to the databases to specified domain or ip's. So
all is secure (if there is no security hole is in the authentification of
the database).
CodeDuck
PS: sorry for bad english ... =8:)
the german side of life ...