Upcoming PHP 5.3 Beefs up Security

Oct 08, 2008, 20:31 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Carl Jongsma)

[ Thanks to Frank Lopez for this link. ]

"Probably the simplest and most effective change that will come with PHP 5.3 is a modification to the way that $_REQUEST superglobal variables are handled. After several years of known vulnerability, it seems that the PHP developers are finally addressing one of the most risky elements of the scripting language."

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