Posted by C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/) on 01/30/08 13:00

On 30 Jan, 11:56, "K." <halinaciern...@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> > Well, nothing special about curl.
> > It is just PHP's way of making http requests.
>
> > If the portals are hacked, they are NOT HACKED via Curl, but just USING
> > Curl.
> > The portals were unsafe to start with.
>
> > Regards,
> > Erwin Moller
>
> Yes, I have made a mistake with saying that they are hacked via curl.
> I meant that how to prevent from hacking by using curl.
>

The same way you prevent every other type of HTTP mediated attack.

Stop obsessing about Curl.

If you're having trouble understanding how the attack worked then tell
us where we can get more info on it.

Otherwise try google for 'PHP security'

C.

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