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(25 replies, posted in Programming)

Well Tizag.com has some of the best beginner programming tutorials.  They're not the best real world examples but they'll get you started.

The other thing I would say is even though it may take a while to get a grasp on coding secure code - most of it's quite simple.  ALWAYS filter your input - from any source.  And always do this on the server side - do not trust javascript since it runs on the client/visitor computer.  When you filter input never try to worry about what characters to block, only worry about what characters you should let in.  Use functions like preg_match or similar functions to specify rules where if the input is not between 0-9 and a-z or A-Z - strip it out silently or report an error to the user.  If you're using php be sure to use mysql_real_escape_string before your database queries (all of them).  That alone should prevent most if not all sql injection attacks.

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(8 replies, posted in General discussion)

hello all,
Wow, we tried to download it at work and could never get through to the server----I am jealous that you have it installed.

As for XP and Vista, well XP does seem to freeze or hang but then Vista sure has some quirks too. Vista often loses my taskbar while I am away from my desk----very annoying. The only fix I can find is the right click on the desktop/hit personalize/then lower the resolution----say NO to keeping the setting; and voila it all comes back to normal.