From Codewalkers.com this morning, there are two new tutorials from Timothy Boronczyk dealing with cookies in PHP as well as the generation of security certificates for Apache.

In Cookies in PHP, he starts with how cookies are used and what they are. Then, with the base set in your mind, he moves into how to use them, some of their attributes, and a good warning for anyone looking to use them: Never use cookies to store sensitive information such as passwords and credit card information and make sure that any major operation requires the user to enter their full password.

In the other tutorial, Generating Your Own Security Certificates For Use With Apache/HTTPS, Tim once again gives us insight into the world of the web. This time, he shows us how, with a little help from some external software (openssl), Apache can make a SSL certificate for your site as a self-signed key. Stepping through the install into your Apache web server, the tutorial shows you how to sign it, generate the key, and grant authority for the web server to use it. It's much simpler than it sounds, but can be a lifesaver when you need to work with SSL websites.