Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats?

In my experience, most web hosting companies try to limit the ability of
scripts to compromise their servers (by, for instance, denying the
script daemon write access to the filesystem), and leave the security of
the application logic up to the customer.

This compartmentalization generally also means that the customers have
to trust that the hosting provided uses well-configured, well-monitored,
well-patched servers.

Steve

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Steve McCullough
web developer, S.M.U.T. Magazine > www.showmethesmut.com



focus@karsites.net wrote:
> One of the major problems with PHP and other server sided 
> languages provided by web hosting services is the fact 
> that the web hosting provider has no control over the code 
> written by their customers. This leads to all sorts of 
> security holes being left wide open. The most obvious one 
> is not checking variable content submitted by user forms.
> I cannot see any way around this. 
>
> The customer, possible a newbie to SSS, wants PHP or ASP 
> available on their website, so they can experiment with 
> writing scripts. The hosting providers offer the required 
> SSS language to attract business.
>
> The hosting provider has no idea what scripts their 
> customers are writing, and uploading to the hosts server.
>
> Seems like a recipe for disaster to me really.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Keith Roberts
>
> http://www.karsites.net/