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PHP Not So Safe

PHP may be a popular Web scripting language, but it's far from safe, according to research just published by IBM. Tens of millions of Web sites and over a million Web servers are driven by PHP, making its vulnerabilities cause for concern.

So the next time your Web weenie kids you about patching Windows, ask what he's done to secure PHP lately.

Posted by Doug Barney on August 05, 2008


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