August 29, 2008
As you all know security is 1st thing … to check when creating a site that will be used by millions of unknown users. To address that need I should have had take care of that part earlier but as like any other programmer … this popped-up at very end. One day I got a call from my former work buddy … he called me to congratulate me on the launched. While we discussing the development he mentioned that he had just finished his some IT security course and would like to help me in testing the web site. I was all thrilled and excepted the offer. Over the weekend I noticed my server was running slow … and at one point I had to restart it. First I was all worried but then I received an email from him explaining what he had been testing on the site. He also sent me a full review report that explains all the vulnerabilities on the site.
Once I see how serious this can be I tried my best to make all I can to close all the look holes.
Following are few things that I retouched when I upgraded my website security …
1: SQL injections.
2: Verification of data.
3: Friendly page when there is a error on the site.
4: SQL scripts
I think with all these changes … my site should now be some what secure … and might do well once its out open to all the users.
August 28, 2008
Welcome !
I am writing this blog to capture all my experiences in launching a website (selloncampus.com) from scratch. It took me almost 10 or so years … just to grab all the skills in web-application development, online security, databases, layouts, CSS and other technical details . After creating numerous layouts and design changes I finally made the application to the level that would satisfy my eyes. Finally after hundreds of hours, sleepless nights … I have finally launched selloncampus.com on Nov 2007.
Before I start blogging my experiences and challenges … let me introduce SellOnCampus.com …
“selloncampus.com is an on-line portal for college/university students who wants to buy/sell their stuff on-line for free. Well, you can do that on ebay and other similar sites so what all this fuss is about? The main difference between Selloncampus and other websites are … it is made just for students. On this website students can list their For Sale items to an audience of their peers. Moreover, selloncampus have more things to offer … like Party Listing and Job listing so that even when you don’t have things to sell you can still use selloncampus.com to have fun. Just stay tuned our developers are working day and night to bring more new ideas to this website. “
