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IMPORTANT! PHP IN THIS PACKAGE NEEDS THE MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ 2008 REDISTRIBUTAB
LE PACKAGE FROM
HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/DOWNLOAD/DETAILS.ASPX?ID=5582. PLEASE ENSURE THAT
THE VC++ 2008 RUNTIME
LIBRARIES ARE INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM.
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APACHE 2.4.4
MYSQL 5.5.32 (COMMUNITY SERVER)
PHP 5.5.15 (VC11 X86 32BIT THREAD SAFE) + PEAR
PHPMYADMIN 4.0.4
OPENSSL 1.0.1E
ADODB 5.18
MERCURY MAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM V4.62 (NOT INCLUDED IN THE PORTABLE VERSION)
FILEZILLA FTP SERVER 0.9.41 (NOT INCLUDED IN THE PORTABLE VERSION)
WEBALIZER 2.23-04 (NOT INCLUDED IN THE PORTABLE VERSION)
STRAWBERRY PERL 5.16.1.1 PORTABLE
TOMCAT 7.0.41
XAMPP CONTROL PANEL VERSION 3.2.1 BY HACKATTACK142 (GREAT THANKS!!))
SEE: HTTP://WWW.APACHEFRIENDS.ORG/F/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=16&T=46743
+ XAMPP SECURITY
+ XAMPP MAILTODISK 1.0 (WRITE EMAILS VIA PHP ON LOCAL DISK IN <XAMPP>\MAILOUTP
UT. ACTIVATED IN THE PHP.INI AS MAIL DEFAULT.)
--------------------------------------------------------------* SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
+ 64 MB RAM (RECOMMENDED)
+ 750 MB FREE FIXED DISK
+ WINDOWS 2003, XP (RECOMMENDED), VISTA, WINDOWS 7
* PHP MAIL FUNCTION:
THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO WORK WITH THE PHP MAIL FUNCTION.
1) WITH XAMPP MAILTODISK EVERY MAIL SENDING VIA THE PHP MAIL() FUNCTION WILL WRI
TTEN IN THE <XAMPP>\MAILOUTPUT FOLDER. MAILTODISK IS THE DEFAULT YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO CHANGE THE PHP.INI. AND PLEASE DO NOT USE MAILTODISK FOR PRODUCTION!
2) WITH FAKEMAIL (SENDMAIL.EXE) YOU WILL SEND ALL MAIL() TO YOUR PERSONAL MAIL A
CCOUNT. THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO EDIT THE <XAMPP>\SENDMAIL\SENDMAIL.INI FIRST. THEN
PLEASE ACTIVATE FAKEMAIL (SENDAMIL.EXE) IN THE PHP.INI AND COMMENT OUT THE MAIL
TODISK LINE.
3) YOU CAN USE A SMTP SERVER LIKE THE MERCURY MAIL SERVER ALTERNATE. THEREFORE C
OMMENT OUT ALL SENDMAIL_PATH LINES IN THE PHP.INI. NOW USE THE -> SMTP = LOCALHO
ST UND -> SMTP_PORT = 25 LINES OF COURSE WITH YOUR VALUES IN THE PHP.INI.
ATTENTION : IF XAMPP IS INSTALLED IN A BASE DIRECTORY WITH SPACES (E.G. C:\PROGR
AM FILES\XAMPP) FAKEMAIL AND MAILTODISK DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. IN THIS CASE PLEA
SE COPY THE SENDMAIL OR MAILTODISK FOLDER IN YOUR ROOT FOLDER (E.G. C:\SENDMAIL)
AND USE THIS FOR SENDMAIL_PATH.
--------------------------------------------------------------* PASSWORDS:
1) MYSQL:

USER: ROOT
PASSWORD:
(MEANS NO PASSWORD!)
2) FILEZILLA FTP:
[ YOU HAVE TO CREATE A NEW USER ON THE FILEZILLA INTERFACE ]
3) MERCURY:
POSTMASTER: POSTMASTER (POSTMASTER@LOCALHOST)
ADMINISTRATOR: ADMIN (ADMIN@LOCALHOST)
TESTUSER: NEWUSER
PASSWORD: WAMPP
4) WEBDAV:
USER: XAMPP-DAV-UNSECURE
PASSWORD: PPMAX2011
--------------------------------------------------------------* ONLY FOR NT SYSTEMS! (NT4 | WINDOWS 2000 | WINDOWS XP):
- \XAMPP\APACHE\APACHE_INSTALLSERVICE.BAT
===> INSTALL APACHE 2 AS SERVICE
- \XAMPP\APACHE\APACHE_UNINSTALLSERVICE.BAT
===> UNINSTALL APACHE 2 AS SERVICE
- \XAMPP\MYSQL\MYSQL_INSTALLSERVICE.BAT
===> INSTALL MYSQL AS SERVICE
- \XAMPP\MYSQL\MYSQL_UNINSTALLSERVICE.BAT
===> UNINSTALL MYSQL AS SERVICE
==> AFTER ALL UN- / INSTALLATIONS OF SERVICES, BETTER RESTART SYSTEM!
---------------------------------------------------------------A MATTER OF SECURITY (A MUST READ!)
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, XAMPP IS NOT MEANT FOR PRODUCTION USE BUT ONLY FOR DEVELOPE
RS IN A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT. THE WAY XAMPP IS CONFIGURED IS TO BE OPEN AS PO
SSIBLE AND ALLOWING THE DEVELOPER ANYTHING HE/SHE WANTS. FOR DEVELOPMENT ENVIRON
MENTS THIS IS GREAT BUT IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT IT COULD BE FATAL. HERE A LI
ST OF MISSING SECURITY
IN XAMPP:
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THE MYSQL ADMINISTRATOR (ROOT) HAS NO PASSWORD.

THE MYSQL DAEMON IS ACCESSIBLE VIA NETWORK.
PHPMYADMIN IS ACCESSIBLE VIA NETWORK.
EXAMPLES ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA NETWORK.

TO FIX MOST OF THE SECURITY WEAKNESSES SIMPLY CALL THE FOLLOWING URL:
HTTP://LOCALHOST/SECURITY/
THE ROOT PASSWORD FOR MYSQL AND PHPMYADMIN, AND ALSO A XAMPP DIRECTORY PROTECTIO

N CAN BEING ESTABLISHED HERE.

* NOTE: SOME EXAMPLE SITES CAN ONLY ACCESS BY THE LOCAL SYSTEMS, MEANS OVER LOCA
LHOST.
--------------------------------------------------------------* MYSQL NOTES:
(1) THE MYSQL SERVER CAN BE STARTED BY DOUBLE-CLICKING (EXECUTING) MYSQL_START.B
AT. THIS FILE CAN BE FOUND IN THE SAME FOLDER YOU INSTALLED XAMPP IN, MOST LIKEL
Y THIS WILL BE C:\XAMPP\.
THE EXACT PATH TO THIS FILE IS X:\XAMPP\MYSQL_START.BAT, WHERE "X" INDICATES THE
LETTER OF THE DRIVE YOU UNPACKED XAMPP INTO. THIS BATCH FILE STARTS THE MYSQL S
ERVER IN CONSOLE MODE. THE FIRST INTIALIZATION MIGHT TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
DO NOT CLOSE THE DOS WINDOW OR YOU'LL CRASH THE SERVER! TO STOP THE SERVER, PLEA
SE USE MYSQL_STOP.BAT, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SAME DIRECTORY. OR USE THE FINE X
AMPP CONTROL PANEL WITH DOUBLE-CLICK ON "XAMPP-CONTROL.EXE" FOR ALL THESE THINGS
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(2) TO USE MYSQL AS SERVICE FOR NT / 2000 / XP, SIMPLY COPY THE "MY.INI" FILE TO
"C:\MY.INI". PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILE HAS TO BE PLACED IN C:\ (ROOT), OTHER L
OCATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED. THEN EXECUTE THE "MYSQL_INSTALLSERVICE.BAT" IN THE M
YSQL FOLDER.
(3) MYSQL STARTS WITH STANDARD VALUES FOR THE USER ID AND THE PASSWORD. THE PRES
ET USER ID IS "ROOT", THE PASSWORD IS "" (= NO PASSWORD). TO ACCESS MYSQL VIA PH
P WITH THE PRESET VALUES, YOU'LL HAVE TO USE THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX:
MYSQL_CONNECT("LOCALHOST", "ROOT", "");
IF YOU WANT TO SET A PASSWORD FOR MYSQL ACCESS, PLEASE USE OF MYSQL ADMIN.
TO SET THE PASSWORT "SECRET" FOR THE USER "ROOT", TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
C:\XAMPP\MYSQL\BIN\MYSQLADMIN.EXE -U ROOT -P SECRET
AFTER CHANGING THE PASSWORD YOU'LL HAVE TO RECONFIGURE PHPMYADMIN TO USE THE NEW
PASSWORD, OTHERWISE IT WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DATABASES. TO DO THAT, OPEN
THE FILE CONFIG.INC.PHP IN \XAMPP\PHPMYADMIN\ AND EDIT THE FOLLOWING LINES:
$CFG['SERVERS'][$I]['USER']
$CFG['SERVERS'][$I]['AUTH_TYPE']

= 'ROOT';
= 'HTTP';

// MYSQL USER
// HTTP AUTHENTIFICAT

ION
SO FIRST THE 'ROOT' PASSWORD IS QUERIED BY THE MYSQL SERVER, BEFORE PHPMYADMIN M
AY ACCESS.
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