Originally posted here by PuReExcTacy
We're not talking about system patching, that's a whole new issue altogether. Register globals is also another thread. Basically, my thread is pointing things that you can do to secure your php installation. I didn't get broken into thank god, but I wanted to share the reason why. Weak input validation was the original vulnerability being discussed, not register globals. Thanks for your comment though.
My point was more that maybe your example could be a real valid dangerous one, not one created ficticiously. If people can learn from it anyway, it's only good.