Security Tips
Security Tip: Don't Generate Your Own Passwords!
[Tip #113] "Don't Roll Your Own Crypto" applies to password generators too! It's way too easy to unknowingly lower your entropy by trying to be clever... 😱
Security Tips
Security Tip: Limiting bcrypt Passwords to 72 Bytes!
[Tip #106] Laravel 12 gives us the ability to reject passwords longer than 72 bytes for bcrypt, but you need to turn it on manually. Oh, and don't forget to add a validation rule, or you'll be throwing suspicious 500 server errors! 😱
Security Tips
Security Tip: Don't Roll Your Own Crypto!
[Tip #103] It's story time! Let's look at the SHA-3 competition as a reminder that crypto is hard... 😱
In Depth
In Depth: Five Ways to Fail at Authentication
[In Depth #32] Let's explore 5 different "Authentication Fails" that I've come across, as a reminder for why it's so important to get authentication right.
In Depth
In Depth: Laravel Security Audits Top 10 (2024)!
[In Depth #31] Here are the Top 10 security issues I've found during my security audits, highlighting the areas we as a community need to improve our security.
Security Tips
Security Tip: Disallowing Functions with PHPStan!
[Tip #94] Just like we can detect insecure functions with Pest, we can use PHPStan extensions to find and disallow insecure functions!
Security Tips
Security Tip: Pest's Security Preset & Strict Equality
[Tip #93] Test suites aren't just for raw code expectations, it turns out you can also use them to encourage secure coding practices!
Security Tips
Security Tip: Stop Using MD5 and SHA-1!
[Tip #87] MD5 is like a cockroach - it's persistent and pops up everywhere, but one thing is very clear: you need to stop using it (and SHA-1 too)!
In Depth
In Depth: Graceful Encryption Key Rotation
[In Depth #25] Laravel makes effective use of encryption for security purposes, but what happens if your encryption key needs to be rotated? Let's see how Laravel 11 handles it...
In Depth
In Depth: Introducing Random
[InDepth#22] Random generates cryptographically secure random values in a range of different formats through a simple helper package for PHP.
Security Tips
Security Tip: Use HMAC Hashes To Verify Data
[Tip#66] For those situations where you need to generate a repeatable hash or signature, reach for HMAC, rather than MD5 or SHA1.
Security Tips
Security Tip: Compare keys with hash_equals()
[Tip#56] It may be tempting to compare keys/sensitive strings using `===`, or even `==`, but that opens you up to timing attacks! You should be using a timing attack safe string comparison function...