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Simple Quiz v1.1 Release

This is a security and compatability release. Thanks to feedback from administrators running Windows-based web servers, many changes have been made to make SimpleQuiz platform-independent (i.e. Windows friendly). Furthermore, SimpleQuiz now runs with register_globals = Off and error_reporting(E_ALL). Finally, SimpleQuiz now comes with a brief INSTALL.txt file that includes basic instructions on installing the package. …

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The Brain Bulb Is Lit

Congratulations to Chris Shiflett on the launch of his new PHP consultants group: Brain Bulb. Chris and his colleagues definitely make the top of my list for PHP security audits. Any company that runs PHP and is serious about security (and those that aren’t should be) should check out their services.

RIP phpBB?

Between the recent hack of the main phpBB site and a slew of vulnerability reports on PHP|Arch’s PHPSec Mailing List, phpBB has lost credibility in the PHP security community. As Chris Shiflett has been pointing out over and over, you can’t compensate for a poor fundamental design just by patching. I agree. Last night, we …

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