Paragon Initiative Enterprises Blog

The latest information from the team that develops cryptographically secure PHP software.

Guide to Automatic Security Updates For PHP Developers

Greatly improve the security of your software by making it automatically apply the latest security updates.


Untangling the Forget-Me Knot: Secure Account Recovery Made Simple

How to implement a secure and robust "I forgot my password" system.


Constant-Time Encoding: Boring Cryptography, RFC 4648, and You

The case for character encoding that is safe to use to encode cryptographic secrets.


Securely Implementing (De)Serialization in PHP

Deserializing a string into a data structure is a simple task riddled with security holes.


Client Authenticity is Not the Server's Problem

The answer to a very frequently asked question that most people in the industry know without needing to read this.


How to Safely Store Your Users' Passwords in 2016

Salted Password Hashing with Argon2, Scrypt, Bcrypt, and PBKDF2


Preventing Timing Attacks on String Comparison with a Double HMAC Strategy

Preventing side-channel attacks (i.e. timing attacks on MAC validation) and dangerous compiler optimizations with a blinded comparison.


How to Securely Allow Users to Upload Files

The theory and practice of securing file upload form handlers. Our examples are in PHP, but many of the filesystem security concepts here are language agnostic.


Building Secure Web Applications in PHP

Don't just fix security vulnerabilities, prevent the habits that cause them in the first place.


The Comprehensive Guide to URL Parameter Encryption in PHP

If you ever wondered the best way to encrypt a username or row ID for an obfuscated URL in PHP, this is the article for you.


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