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How to secure your php.ini
Sunday, 22 May 2005
PHP is a fantastic language and is perfect for you dynamic mySQL driven site, but the flexibility of it at the same time makes it vulnerable for external expoits. Here are a few tips of how to secure your php.ini ! Edit our php.ini by logging into shell with root :

pico /usr/lib/php.ini

And change the line:

disable_functions =
to:
disable_functions = exec, shell_exec, system, passthru,popen, virtual, show_source, readfile, pclose

another thing you could change is

safe_mode = Off
to
safe_mode = On


another thing you could disable is
enable_dl=On
change to
enable_dl=Off


More in the forum http://wiredgorilla.com/main/ftopicp-31.html




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