On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 11:31:34PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
> Derek Fountain <dflists@iinet.net.au> writes:
> > If another SQL Injection vulnerability turns up (which it might, given the
> > state of the website code),
>
> You will never see another SQL injection vulnerability if you simply switch to
> always using prepared queries and placeholders. Make it a rule that you
> _never_ interpolate variables into the query string. period. No manual quoting
> to get right, no subtle security audit necessary: If the SQL query isn't a
> constant string you reject it.
Another good piece of defense is mod_security (assuming that your web
server is Apache). You can teach it about SQL injection attacks with a
little work.
http://www.modsecurity.org
-Dom
