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Security is a major concern for web applications. Even major organizations such as the United Nations have been hacked using very simple security flaws.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/php.ini-production

  2. 2.

    https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/#passing-uncontrolled-requests-to-php

  3. 3.

    https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/phpfcgi/

  4. 4.

    https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS_Filter_Evasion_Cheat_Sheet

  5. 5.

    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/apis-php/en/apis-php-mysqli.quickstart.prepared-statements.html

  6. 6.

    https://stackoverflow.com/a/12202218/821275

  7. 7.

    https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.assert-options.php

  8. 8.

    https://github.com/msigley/PHP-HTTP-Tarpit

  9. 9.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack

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Beak, A. (2017). Security. In: PHP 7 Zend Certification Study Guide. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3246-0_6

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