PHP is one of most popular programming languages for Web. A lot of applications developed using PHP, but very small percent of PHP programmers write quality and secure code. As result about 70-80% of hacks done via PHP applications (forums, blogs, albums, etc). So, how can you secure your server? There is no 100% recipe, but i have some tips what can help you.
All the time i have use MySQL on FreeBSD compiled with linuxthreads. Last two years this was a very stable solution, but experience of other people, who already migrate from linuxthreads to libthr, force me to do some research. Tests show what libthr do about double better performance. I have made tests under FreeBSD 6.2/amd64. Before test maximum queries per second around 580, after test 1200. At this moment server uptime is 3 weeks, so i think libthr are stable, and i highly recommend to try it.
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