Hey guys,
I just rewrote a nonprofits website for them, volunteer stuff. And we will be migrating to a new host in a couple of weeks. So I have a couple of questions, IF we have the option, is it more secure to put your folder access limits in apache2.conf, or .htaccess? Also, the new host has a LAMP setup (debian, apache2, php5), but I hear everyone says php is really insecure.
I have never done web development before (I am a C++ guy). What would I have to do (or, what would I have to talk my host into doing) to setup perl or some other more secure language? The php script doesn't actually do a whole lot, just looks in the database for newsletters and stuff, although I would like to add a search function.
Nate