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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780973862102
ISBN: 0973862106
Label: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
Manufacturer: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: September 05, 2005
Publisher: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
Studio: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
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Product Description:
Security is a hot topic these days, with new exploits and patches released on a daily basis for all sorts of operating systems and applications.
Recently, the security bubble has expanded to touch the PHP world, and several well-known applications have been the target of a great number of attacks.
Despite all the negative publicity, however, PHP is and remains a very stable--and very secure--programming environment. 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.
* Provides techniques for both PHP 4 and PHP 5
* Includes a step-by-step guide to securing your applications
* Provides comprehensive coverage of security design
* Teaches you how to defend yourself from hackers
* Shows you how to distract hackers with a "tar pit" to help you fend off potential attacks
Rather than drowning you in overlong explanations, this book focuses on providing you with accurate information on proper security techniques, and showing you a step-by-step approach to writing applications that are stable, secure and reliable.
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Overall, an excellent resource for security. It's small size means that that topics are narrow enough to be digested and acted upon individually.
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As a programmer with 7 years experience, I already had a fair amount of knowledge about PHP security, but it was all self-taught. I will say that I was able to learn a few new things and pick up a few strategies from this book.
Overall, I wouldn't say I was disappointed with the book, but I definitely wasn't impressed. There were numerous misspellings, typos, and (in a few cases) words missing altogether. With my knowledge I considered these typos to be fairly minor, but someone with less experience may become confused by a few of them.
In one case, a variable in one of the coding examples was actually mis-keyed. If someone were to copy the example verbatim, it would not behave as expected. That type of error should never occur in a book like this.
The various chapters do contain useful information, but the code examples are pretty lame. Don't buy this book if you're looking for specific, real-world, useful examples on how to implement your security ... Read More
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After a website of mine was hacked I decided I needed to be better informed about php/mysql security, so I bought this book. I now refer to it very frequently. It seems short but there's no fluff and it's right to the point. The author clearly understands the internals of php, apache and mysql very well. If you're writing php, this book is essential on your bookshelf.
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This book was real helpful. I really didn't know much about the topics so I found it a good introduction. If you are even semi-knowledgeable about this area, I would recommend another book.
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Best of the best of all other books i've read about PHP Security. Easily comprehensible (even for a frenchy like me), no bla-bla, explanations which are not limited to a surface layer but go deeply under the hood (Paranoid attitude says Milos), examples of code which are limpid, simple to understand, include, and implement ...
The author have knowledge of the inner working procedure of PHP, and it makes the difference with others books or compilation of articles found on the Net. Yes, this book is thin, yes, it has only 10 chapters, and yes, i have found immediately what i was waiting for a long time.
Buy it, steal it, hack it, but if you write PHP app, you must read this book.
Four thumbs up (the hands and the feet)
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