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Cooking with credentials – salting
Learn how to securely hash and anonymize user passwords in PHP using native functions that automatically apply salt.
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Cooking with credentials – the basics
There are many ways to store user credentials for verification on the application side. Of all of them, only hashing is considered secure.
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Communication, focus, and tone
Tomorrow is guaranteed to no one. I remain steadfast in my focus on writing, but also recognize the world is far bigger than me.
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You should learn PHP
PHP is the language that drives the Internet. It’s not the most publicly loved of languages, but its utilization makes it the most popular.
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Why phishing attacks succeed
Phishing is all too common and far too successful, even today. What are some ways these scams succeed and how can you avoid them?
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Representation in tech
Those who see representative role models are the most successful among us. We need more diverse representation in tech!
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The journey to PCI compliance
Credit card issuers have standardized guidelines to better protect customers’ payment information from theft and abuse, PCI-DSS.
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Driving readership
Driving readers to your blog can be a challenge, but it’s a surmountable one. Today we cover a couple of strategies for building an audience.
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Types of time
What activities do you perform that lead directly to dollars in the bank? If you doubled your focus there, would it double your income?
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A Libsodium-based secure remote password scheme for PHP
Let’s geek out on my favorite form of authentication – not sending passwords over the wire in the first place!