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Chris Shiflett

Hi, I'm Chris, a web developer and a founding member of Analog. I live and work in Brooklyn, NY.

PHP & Web Application Security Blog

Jan 2010

2009 Highlights

I'm a bit delinquent, but this is my first post of the year, and sticking with tradition, it's a chance for me to record highlights from the previous year. This is my seventh consecutive year doing this; it'...

Dec 2009

Hello, Analog

A few months ago, I was on top of the world. The place was called Sjónarsker, and the view was breathtaking. It was the third day of a road trip around Iceland with my friends Andrei and Helgi, and I ha...

PHP Advent 2009

With the help of Sean and twenty-four fantastic authors from the PHP community, PHP Advent is back for a third year. Paul gets things started with an article on comprehensible code: Reading code is hard wo...

Nov 2009

Facebook, MySpace, and crossdomain.xml

Thanks to the recent recurrence of a vulnerability I wrote about a few years ago and a gentle prod from Simon, I decided it would be good to write about the dangers of cross-domain Ajax with Flash again. ...

Git on Snow Leopard

I've had a GitHub account for months, but I've yet to use it. After I mentionined on Twitter that I might start using it, the response was very positive. People really love Git and GitHub both. Unsurprisi...

Oct 2009

Learning HTML and CSS

I've been a web developer for a decade and a half. I've learned a lot along the way, and I'm comfortable with a lot of web-related technologies. But, I'm not very good at HTML and CSS, and I've decided it's ...

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Sujoy wrote:

Chris, this is the first time I'm visiting your blog! Your 2009 Highlights is really great! Fanta...

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Giovanni wrote:

Hi Chris! First of all, my persona thanks for all your article about PHP security! it's really u...

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Chris Shiflett wrote:

Thanks, John. Friendly and trustworthy are high compliments. Much appreciated. :-) Sorry about...

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Eric B wrote:

Hi Chris, Thanks for this clean, concise article on this topic. You are a life saver! -E

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Radoslav Stankov wrote:

wow, I looks like 2009 wasn't very boring year. p.s. I didn't know you too are Arsenal fan.

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Stelian wrote:

Great and full year. Thank you for the last seven years of php insight and looking forward for a...

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