Secure Serving of File Uploads on PHP Server without Root Config Possibilities? (Apache)

To secure the file uploads to a PHP/Apache server, I have already implemented the following steps:

Solid upload validation from PHP Framework
Used own names for uploaded files
Place uploaded files in server directory outside + above web r… Continue reading Secure Serving of File Uploads on PHP Server without Root Config Possibilities? (Apache)

What are password encryption schemes that result in variable length common in MySQL and PHP?

I have stumbled across passwords on a MySQL database behind a PHP webapp. Here are some examples.
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44d2059e642f9733… Continue reading What are password encryption schemes that result in variable length common in MySQL and PHP?