PHP Articles, Tutorials, Opnions and occasional rantings by Galvão

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Nov 27, 2017

I’m Fedora Ambassador LATAM!

I’m very proud to announce that last week I’ve officially joined the Fedora Project as Ambassador LATAM. It’s…

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Apr 15, 2016

Accidents that are no accident at all

You might have seen this story recently published by the Independent, on how a man has…

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Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Jul 5, 2017

A look into sessions and security

Part #3: The score approach

In the third article I’ve reached the conclusion that the most important concepts when thinking about secure sessions are Coherence and Validity. I’ve also touched a very delicate point when dealing…

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Jul 3, 2017

PHP7 is evolving! What’s new?

7.1 and the upcoming 7.2 release make PHP even more awesome!

While I’m currently writing the next part of my “A look into sessions and security” series, I couldn’t help to take some time to write on how fast…

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Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Aug 4, 2017

A look into sessions and security

“Final” Part: Eternal sessions of the clueless user

In the fourth article of this series we talked about how to use a score-based approach to minimize false occurrences. Now it’s time to talk about… time.

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Jan 23, 2017

Good bye, Skype

Starting on March 1st, 2017 I’m officially abandoning Skype as communication tool. Bugs, messages that are not sent and there’s nothing you can do about, more bugs, losing contacts with no explanation at all and so on.

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

May 31, 2017

A little pause

I wish to apologize for anyone who’s been following my posts on session and security. I’ve been caught in weeks of craziness involving three trips, talks and work.

I haven’t forgot it and the next part is in the making. I should be able to release it next week. Thank you for your patience =)

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Mar 18, 2015

PHP7: More strict! (but only if you want it to be)

It wasn’t easy (we knew it wouldn’t be) and certainly wasn’t pretty (we sort of knew that as well), but it’s finally official: PHP7 will come with Scalar Type Hints (STH) and an optional “strict mode”.

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Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Dec 22, 2016

Hey, Slideshare: Keep your act together!

It’s been a while since I’ve been planning migrating my talks from my Slideshare to my Speakerdeck (I’ll do it, I promise!) and as time passes, Slideshare keeps pushing me away.

Er Galvao Abbott in The White Hat ElePHPant

Apr 26, 2017

A look into sessions and security

Part #0: The concept

Index

Part #0: The concept (You’re here!)
Part #1: The setup
Part#2: Storage, Access and Meta Data
Part #3: The Score approach
“Final” Part: Eternal sessions of the clueless user

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