[phpSecureSite-devel] New version postponed

[Erik G. <er...@wi...>]

I have managed to delete the whole phpSecureSite development tree, and
the latest backup is a month old. This means that the new release will
be postponed a month or two while I reimplement the lost code. 0.1 may
be out around May 1. 2002.

@#$&%!!!

Here's a list of some new features for you to drool over until the new
version is out ;

- Fully modularized system, based on events and handlers. This allows
third-party developers to write their own plug-in modules

- Whole system rewritten into the new module system. Modules include
	- Core system (minimal session handling)
	- Logging subsystem
	- Session variables (also persistent (intersession) vars)
	- IP access control
	- Brute force protection

- Extensive documentation in DocBook SGML, rendered to HTML, PDF,
PostScript or pretty much any other format

- New demo site which demonstrates all the phpSecureSite functionality

- Complete abstraction of the database

Although there is still a long way to go before it is ready for
real-world use it has grown considerably since version 0.0.1, and my
ambitions for the system is constantly increasing. I think that within a
year it will be a highly secure and functional security system for
web-apps which should be ready for use in environments where security is
a top priority, for example online banking-services or ecommerce-sites.

The first thing I'll do when I begin development again is to set up a
good backup-system so I'll never have to go through this again.


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Erik Grinaker
Freelance UNIX/Linux systems consultant

"Perfection is acheived not when there is nothing more to add, but
rather when there is nothing more to take away"
- Antoine de Saint-Exup=E9ry