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Posted by evan on 07/27/07 18:25
On Jul 27, 12:01 pm, William Gill <nore...@example.invalid> wrote:
> >>> someone please help me out. I need some help making a code for logging
> >>> in and creating a username and password. I know lots of websites have
> >>> them, but does anyone know how here?
> >> What do you mean by a 'login-table'? Usually this requires more than
> >> just HTML-knowledge as a 'login-table' involves always server-side
> >> technologies (you have just mentioned client-side techniques).
> >> A proper login involves at least a proper session-management and usually
> >> also some profound know-how about database handling. You have to make
> >> sure, that you implement your login-function in a secure manner
> >> (protection against x-site-scripting and SQL-injections...) If you are
> >> familiar with PHP and MySQL-Databases then it shouldn't be a problem for
> >> you. If this sounds unfamiliar to you I suggest reading a good book
> >> about MySQL might help you.
>
> >> bernhard
>
> >> --www.daszeichen.ch
> >> remove nixspam to reply
>
> > Thanks, that's kind of what I meant, as in what programming language
> > do I have to learn. I've never really bothered with programming. I
> > tried out C once (just to try it) and got involved with other things.
> > So maybe I'll get into it now.
>
> Bernhard is right, what you "need" is dependent on what you are trying
> to accomplish. If you only want to discourage casual visitors from
> browsing sections of your site, something as simple as an .htpasswd file
> may be all you need. However if real security and access control is a
> concern, you will need to learn more than just a language. C might
> work, so could Python or PHP, but they are methods of implementation,
> not the solutions.
>
> I hate to sound paranoid, but security is an area where a little
> knowledge can be disastrous.
>
> Bill
I'm not making something to important, only experementing right now. I
was thinking of making a site where you could make photo albums. This
idea is at it's stone ages, but I was trying to think of how I can use
a Log-in style page instead of one with cookies
evan
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