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Users run code (hopefully your code) when they: Load any “active” page (.php, .py, .asp etc.) Fill out forms Search Buy something Create an account Log in to an account If you wrote the code, you know all too well that you’re letting visitors run it. If the site uses a database, users are touching …
Continue reading “[ Security for Web Developers ] :: 06: Security on Your Site”
Your server, your database and your site’s security Do you host your own site, or is it hosted? How many sites are hosted on the same server as yours? What programming languages and platforms does it support? How many open ports and opportunities for interaction does it offer? A lot depends on properly sanitizing input …
Continue reading “[ Security for Web Developers ] :: 05: Security on the Server Side”
Your site will be tested if: It holds anything of value, It attracts lots of attention (sorry) or It’s controversial in any way. The software you’ve written (your own code) critically depends on your knowledge of things like “sanitizing” the data input by users. See https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/sanitize-and-validate-data-with-php-filters–net-2595. The platform you’ve built on, whether high-level like WordPress or …
Continue reading “[ Security for Web Developers ] :: 04: Risk Factors”
Your relative security is: Lower if your site uses WordPress, Lower if your site involves any controversial topic, Lower if you store credit card or identity information, Lower if your site has a login form, Lower if your servers, applications and code are old or highly complex and Lower if they are run by underfunded …
Continue reading “[ Security for Web Developers ] :: 03: What Makes Your Website Insecure?”
Relatively speaking, your security is: Higher if you hold little or no financial information, or have few network resources, Higher if your server is vigorously patched and correctly configured, Higher if your code is built to high standards and Higher if the network connecting your site to the Internet has tight permissions. You can employ …
Continue reading “[ Security for Web Developers ] :: 02: What Determines Your Website’s Security?”
With Glenn Norman Get a basic understanding of how servers and security play a key role in the overall functioning of websites. This course will introduce you to the concepts of storing content, such as the basic programming of a website to the design elements, and ways to keep your website and your users safe …
Video training has become a really big business. I’m a classroom teacher myself, and teach the A+ certification and several others, so the question of whether video training can replace classroom time is pretty personal, and I come at it a little skeptically. I’ve endured some truly painful online and video training courses, and I’m …