SQL injection attacks can allow hackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on your database through your Web site. To avoid these attacks, every piece of data supplied by a user on a Web form, through HTTP Post or CGI parameters, or other means, must be validated to not contain information that is not expected. GreenSQL is a firewall for SQL -- it sits between your Web site and MySQL database and decides which SQL statements should and should not be executed. At least that's the idea -- in execution, I found some open doors. Do you want to know how you can protect your website's MySQL server from SQL injection attacks? Then read the following article which reviews GreenSQL, a proxy which guards against these types of attacks. . The link for this article located at linux.com is no longer available. . GreenSQL offers a robust security layer to protect MySQL databases from SQL injection, acting as a transparent proxy to analyze queries in real-time.. SQL Injection Security, GreenSQL Database Protection, Web Application Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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