Hardening PHP: How to securely include remote code (part 3)

In this last post of the series we learn how to use Phar archives and OpenSSL together to build a secure remote code deployment framework. I present PharUtil - the library adding convenience and security to Phar functionality.

Hardening PHP: How to securely include remote code (part 2)

In second post of the series I describe methods of checking the integrity of remote code - from checksums to (simple) Public Key Infrastructure. To transfer the code I introduce the popular Phar archives.