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Stefan Esser points out a new patch today - CORE GRASP - from the Core Security Technologies group that provides taint support surrounding the mysql_query function.

Their implementation adds a tainted or not flag for every byte so that it is possible on invocation of mysql_query() to determine any kind of injection.

Unfortunately, Stefan also mentions two big issues it might have from the get-go: the overhead for the memory needed can slow things down and an incorrect parsing in their query handler could lead to injection attacks.

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Job Posting:
Sapphire Technologies Seeks LAMP Developer (New York, NY)

by Chris Cornutt February 28, 2007 @ 10:56:00

Company	Sapphire Technologies
Location	New York, NY
Title	LAMP Developer
Summary	We are seeking a candidate who is skilled in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP). Someone who is confident about building and extending the backend of a personalization platform for a site with an unparalleled combination of scale and complexity that receives a million hits a day. You must have extensive experience programming in a UNIX/Linux environment. You are a self starter who will pick up programming tasks and run with them, collaborating in a team environment with buy-in, checkpoints and testing. Contact Anthony A. Blewett (anthony [dot] blewett [at] sapphire [dot] com ) for more information.
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Community News:
Zend Technologies Adds Bill Ackermann as Vice President of Sales

by Chris Cornutt June 13, 2006 @ 06:59:12

As mentioned in This post on the PHP Magazine site, Bill Ackermann has been added to the Zend team as the new Vice President of Sales.

Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, has announced that Bill Ackermann has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Ackermann has held senior sales positions at both emerging and mature enterprise software category leaders, including Oracle, Netscape and most recently, Metreo. At Zend, Ackermann will oversee North American and Global Alliance sales and join the executive management team.

Ackermann joins Zend at a time when the adoption of PHP by developers and enterprise organizations is rising, the company says. Zend delivers products and services for developing, deploying and managing enterprise-class PHP applications, selling them directly and in partnership with large established companies like IBM and Oracle.

Always good to have bit of new, energetic blood in an organization, especially when it comes to working in Sales.