Re: Secure Coding for Newbies?

[Dan Cuthbert <dan () idsec com>]

Hiya

this is by no means a full or finished guide, but it does go over the
basics

http://www.ugc-labs.co.uk/papers/SecureScripting.pdf

hope it helps

dan

On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 11:03, Joe User wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I'm a beginner in PHP and Perl coding and would like a little help!  I've written a few small scripts for personal 
> use, but I want to start writing scripts that will be used by / open to the public, and want to write them with 
> security in the forefront. 
>
> I'm having a hard time finding specific, concrete examples of common webapp security problems and examples of how to 
> avoid them.  Many sites say "validate user input" or "avoid path traversal" or "beware of include files" but don't 
> give good examples of *how* I'm supposed to do these things! 
>
> I guess I'm looking for something along the lines of "Webapp Security for Dummies" as a building block.  Can anybody 
> point to useful resources for this?  The OWASP guide seems to be more of a guide for competent coders who already 
> know how to avoid the problems listed.  :)  
>
> Thanks!
>
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