Creating a webpage with user accounts, what do I need to keep in mind?

Question

I am trying to write a website that has user accounts. There isn\'t much sensitive information other than the password and email address. But I don\'t really understand what I\'

Answer 1

You MUST use the MD5 php function for passwords. Simple way of securing it. Also make sure you use strip_tags in php so that someone cant execute commands in your input boxes. Since there isn't any sensetive data i dont think you need to encrypt anything. Just make sure the login system is perfect and the user has no other way of accessing data without logging in..

Shud suffice for a basic login script..