Jahr: 2005

“php|architect’s Guide to PHP Security, written by security expert (and frequent php|architect contributor) Ilia Alshanetsky, provides you with a guide that covers everything you need to secure existing PHP applications and write new ones with security in mind.” (201 pages, published the day before yesterday)

Roger A. Grimes at InfoWorld – Time for a stand-down review: “I propose that one of the best cost/benefit security moves any company can make is to take a step back, review the current security configuration of its assets, and fix the basics before looking into more advanced solutions. Spending a week or two doing…

Scott Berkun at ONLamp.com – How to Decide What Bugs to Fix When, Part 1 and Part 2: “This two-part essay is a primer on those rules and survival kits, giving you basics to follow. But more importantly, I’ll provide the core ideas needed to make your own rules. The advice is organized into four…

John Lim at PHP Everywhere – Web Application Security Reviews: „As we continue to develop what I like to think is Enterprise PHP software, one of the most painful parts of the software installation is when we have to go through security audits. The most sticky and difficult ones that i have seen are the…

Steve Fox at InfoWorld – IT’s seven dirty words: „IT has its own set of dirty words. Try saying any one of these in polite IT company, and someone will hand you a bar of soap to wash your mouth out.“

Costa Walcott at Linux.com – Taking a load off: Load balancing with balance: „There are a number of open source load balancing applications, but one simple command-line load balancer, balance, remains one of the most popular available.“

Ilia Alshanetsky at OTN – Accelerating PHP Code Performance for Oracle: „In this article, I will describe some of the easiest and most effective techniques for accelerating your PHP applications, which include but are not limited to the use of a script cache, proper Web server and PHP configuration and tuning, and benchmarking and profiling.“

Martijn van Welie has a nice collection of Web Design patterns with examples.

John Lim – Are There Enough Bodies to Satisfy PHP’s Love Affair: „I’m not aware of any popular SQL Server, Oracle or DB2 web framework for PHP. There are probably a few such beasts developed in-house, but not freely available. […] I don’t think that the Web’s love affair with PHP is over, but I…

Bryan Cantrill – DTrace and PHP: „Tonight during our OpenSolaris BOF at OSCON, PHP core developer Wez Furlong was busy adding a DTrace provider to PHP. After a little bit of work (and a little bit of debugging), we got it working — and damn is it cool.“