True North PHP 2012
2 - 3 Nov 2012
at Microsoft HQ
Talk comments
Great talk! Loved it!!!
Very solid overview. It was obvious the speaker knew his material inside and out, even though he claimed to not be a security expert. I also liked the repeated mantra of "don't do it!"
Looking forward to the password hashing API in PHP 5.5.
I learned more than I wanted to about cryptography. Now I know just how vulnerable my applications are and I have a whole new set of things to fix.
It was a decent intro, but I'd recommend adding some demos. An interactive Jenkins dashboard would be a bit more engaging than a bunch of screen shots. This could also help to fill the full time slot. Overall, I'm glad I attended. Thanks for presenting.
An excellent overview of a complex topic, well done!
I liked the recurring theme of non-conformity. All too often programming communities become cargo cults where we do things for inexplicable reasons. Just because something is a great idea in situation X doesn't mean you need to do it in situation Y. This is especially important when working with beginners. Love it!
Loved the anecdotes. PHP does indeed get stuff done :D
Good talk. I especially appreciated the BCRYPT/MCRYPT discussion, two very important and under-emphasized libraries
A very nice and entertaining keynote, good opener for a conference. My only issue with it was that we had to wait a bit for the speaker to arrive :)
Great talk! Very nice job - you had nothing to be nervous about :-)