Posts tagged as 'Security'

PHP Password Security

If you build websites that require users to register it’s your responsibility to keep their passwords safe. And if you’re storing the passwords in plain text then you’re not doing your job properly. What happens if your database is stolen? It’s not just your site that is compromised. Since most users use the same password on multiple sites, all those sites have also been compromised…

Posted on 10 October 2007 | 18 comments | continue reading

Protecting a swf

In my training courses I often get asked about protecting swf movies. There’s two sides to this – one is encrypting the code to make it hard for others to decompile and use, and the other is limiting where the swf can be used from so that users can’t simply place your swf on their website.

There are a number of commercial and free obfuscating and encryption tools to help protect your code so I’m not going to say any more about them (maybe in a later post). Here’s a few ideas for how to limit where the swf movie may be used.

Posted on 21 March 2007 | 1 comment | continue reading