January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
14h 51m
English
book
PHP & MySQL® Web Development All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies®
by Janet Valade, Tricia Ballad, Bill Ballad
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Chapter 1. General Security Considerations
In This Chapter
Discovering what security means
Understanding different types of security threats
Developing and implementing a security policy
Okay, say that you have a dynamite PHP and MySQL-enabled Web site and you're ready to take it live to the world. And for this example, imagine that the site you've designed is also an e-commerce site, so you'll be dealing with the online exchange of sensitive information, both personal and financial in nature. Just in the same way you wouldn't park your vintage 1964 Corvette Stingray in a dark alley with the keys in the ignition, you also don't want to launch your PHP and MySQL-enabled Web site without careful concern for security. This chapter provides an overview of the types of various security issues to be addressed in the following chapters of this minibook, as we define not just what security threats are, but also how to protect again them.
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