Reply to post: Re: Seriously, he actually believed the advertised PHP version on the server?

Want to have your server pwned? Easy: Run PHP

Robin Szemeti

Re: Seriously, he actually believed the advertised PHP version on the server?

"It doesn't matter, this security through obscurity technique you're describing is so pointless. Have you thought about this technique to display any other version besides the latest version? If you have, which of what?"

Dude, obviously I would be running the most up-to-date and secure version I can possibly find, I just don't see the value in advertising it correctly. I agree it adds little security, however my point was that basing research on figures that were based on data highly likely to be very wrong was probably not quite so bright.

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