IIRC, a year or two back, this very problem in PHP was bandied about quite a bit in 2600 Magazine. Although most of the h@xor kiddies had some pretty funny ideas about what PHP actually was (there was a popular notion, again IIRC, that it was some sort of throwback automated phonebook or address book application-- I think this was entirely based on the fact the PHP and phone both start with PH) folks were pretty knowledgable in how to exploit it, even if they weren't clear what they were exploiting.

Just food for though, I guess.

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In reply to exploitable probs. by mcwee
in thread Not Inciting a Holy War, but... by Kozz

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