Posts Tagged ‘Sean’

Introduction to my PHP/MySQL User Authentication system

Friday, February 20th, 2009

I thought I’d take a few minutes to go over the basics of what I’m going to be accomplishing over the next few weeks. I plan on guiding everyone through some of the basics of building your own user authentication system. This will include many segments varying from storing password information securely, user registration (and required information), password recovery vs. password reset, analyzing security vulnerabilities, possible applications and a wide variety of other topics that could possibly go along.

I will be starting off with a very basic set of security rules that you will need to keep in mind in order to maintain a secure list of users and password information. Without going in to further details, I can’t stress enough the huge mistake that many authentication systems use by limiting the size, type, and strength of a users passwords as well as the mistake of how the information is stored. I plan on analyzing a few preexisting systems and show some fundamental flaws associated with them, and provide tips to help safeguard your data from any unwanted guests.

Please be sure to check back soon, as I will be posting in the next few days.

The ClickPopLineup (& a vector megaphone)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Today we launch our new blog lineup. In honor of this august occasion, we’re also releasing a little megaphone vector. We’ve been giving you these free resources for quite some time, and now we’re asking for something in return (with great power comes great responsibility you know). We’re asking you to do a composition using the ClickPop vectors themed around “ClickPopHello.” Sorry, there’s no prize for this one other than the warm, fuzzy feeling you will get knowing that you made us smile. Head on over to the ClickPopMedia Flickr group and join in.

Shout Header

Download the Shout! vector pack (Adobe Illustrator)

Back to our new lineup:

  • Paul is going to take Mondays and be blogging about actionscript, things, and stuff.
  • Sean will write on Tuesdays about programming, robots, and DIY.
  • Weese has Wednesdays, and he’ll be writing about graffiti, painting, and the like.
  • VQ is on Thursdays. He’s writing about illustration, and giving out vectors, brushes, and things. Just like Santa Claus.
  • Friday we have a special treat. Ricky Spaniel will be doing a video blog especially for us.
  • We have some cool stuff planned for Saturday and Sunday, but you’ll have to wait a little for that. Remember, patience is a virtue.

Update:

One of our friends from DeviantArt sent us a pretty funny comment:

“Of course, you will know when I use one of your vectors ;) By the way, I’ve watched your video and I laughed a lot when the guy goes crazy :lol:

GodBless:ClickPopMedia