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Sal Collaziano · September 26th, 2005, 11:38 AM

Alright. My sites are being clobbered by hackers and whatnot.. I'm not saying they're getting in through Photopost - but probably some other script. Still, I just can't be sure.. I'm weary of any world-writable directories (chmod 777). If I'm not mistaken, there are folderrs that need to be set this way. Isn't it possible for anyone to come along and upload malicious scripts or rootkits to those folders? If not, how? How are they blocked from doing so?

For now, I've turned off all uploads on my Photopost/Classified sites. Security is becoming a major issue for me...

September 26th, 2005, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sal Collaziano Member Verified Customer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 161	Trying to understand security. Help... Alright. My sites are being clobbered by hackers and whatnot.. I'm not saying they're getting in through Photopost - but probably some other script. Still, I just can't be sure.. I'm weary of any world-writable directories (chmod 777). If I'm not mistaken, there are folderrs that need to be set this way. Isn't it possible for anyone to come along and upload malicious scripts or rootkits to those folders? If not, how? How are they blocked from doing so? For now, I've turned off all uploads on my Photopost/Classified sites. Security is becoming a major issue for me...