Daryl Fullerton wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Any one got general advice on how to prevent hackers from getting access to
> CF sites via back doors and tampering with data


Non-scoped variables are my favourites if I have to prove somebodies 
security is bad ;)


> We dont want the hackers to be able to change data via URL strings.


Use cfqueryparam for every variable in queries.

> e.g Encrypting URL variables etc


If it needs encrypting you shouldn't pass it through a URL anyway.


> Any good articles out there?


Did you read http://www.allaire.com/security/

Jochem


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