- .htaccess: refuse .git, .env, docker, nodejs, sdlc*, scripts, archives and
app internals; security headers, HSTS over TLS, optional HTTPS redirect
- uploads served through app/file.php to signed-in users only
- Apache/PHP hardening config for the container (ServerTokens, expose_php)
- least-privilege DB account and APP_SECRET_KEY via docker/php/provision.php;
SMTP passwords re-encrypted with a random IV (secret_box.php)
- Socket.IO rooms from a PHP-signed token; /emit and cron refuse empty secrets
- escape notification text; CLI guards on build scripts; no fixed demo password
