Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Jan G.B.
2010/8/24 Peter Lind : > On 24 August 2010 16:25, Jan G.B. wrote: >> 2010/8/24 Bob McConnell : >>> From: Peter Lind >>> On 24 August 2010 15:43, Gary wrote: > Jan G.B. wrote: > >> The weakness of MD5 is mainly because MD5 collisions are possible. >> That means, that different

Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Peter Lind
On 24 August 2010 16:25, Jan G.B. wrote: > 2010/8/24 Bob McConnell : >> From: Peter Lind >> >>> On 24 August 2010 15:43, Gary wrote: Jan G.B. wrote: > The weakness of MD5 is mainly because MD5 collisions are possible. > That means, that different strings can have the same MD5-ha

Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Jan G.B.
2010/8/24 Bob McConnell : > From: Peter Lind > >> On 24 August 2010 15:43, Gary wrote: >>> Jan G.B. wrote: >>> The weakness of MD5 is mainly because MD5 collisions are possible. That means, that different strings can have the same MD5-hash... >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5#cite

RE: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Peter Lind > On 24 August 2010 15:43, Gary wrote: >> Jan G.B. wrote: >> >>> The weakness of MD5 is mainly because MD5 collisions are possible. >>> That means, that different strings can have the same MD5-hash... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5#cite_note-1 > > It's worth noting that

Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Peter Lind
On 24 August 2010 15:43, Gary wrote: > Jan G.B. wrote: > >> The weakness of MD5 is mainly because MD5 collisions are possible. >> That means, that different strings can have the same MD5-hash... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5#cite_note-1 It's worth noting that that essentially does not touc

RE: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Broerman
only executed by approved files. -Original Message- From: Jan G.B. [mailto:ro0ot.w...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:09 AM To: Andre Polykanine Cc: Nathan Rixham; tedd; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file? 2010/8/19 Andre

Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-24 Thread Jan G.B.
from Ukraine, > Andre > - Original message - > From: Nathan Rixham > To: tedd > Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 12:03:12 PM > Subject: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file? > > tedd wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> The subject line says it all. >> >

[PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Rixham
tedd wrote: tedd wrote: Hi gang: The subject line says it all. How secure is a .htaccess file to store passwords and other sensitive stuff? Can a .htaccess file be viewed remotely? Semi-safe, .htaccess is prevented from being served by configuration options (which come as default), howe

Re: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-19 Thread Andre Polykanine
/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion - Original message - From: Nathan Rixham To: tedd Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 12:03:12 PM Subject: [PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file? tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > The subject line says it all. > > How secure is a

[PHP] Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

2010-08-19 Thread Nathan Rixham
tedd wrote: Hi gang: The subject line says it all. How secure is a .htaccess file to store passwords and other sensitive stuff? Can a .htaccess file be viewed remotely? Semi-safe, .htaccess is prevented from being served by configuration options (which come as default), however these can