Posts in: Security
- Damn … my VPS is being cracked
- UPDATE: What appears to have happened … Yeah, as I type this, I’m getting hit with an attack. I’m not precisely sure of the motive. I just know that there are two directories on my server that should not be there and the attack appears to be coming through a specific URL. It’s been happening for [...] [7 Nov 2007]
- Link dump: Aug 6, 2006
- Javascript Boot Camp Tutorial Groovy bits from Amy Hoy’s talk at OSCON 2006. [Via Spun] .NET developers make more money No mention of Java web developers. And even less mention of a methodology, so take it for what it’s worth. UPDATE: The author says: I began searching job sites for currently available jobs within the US that said [...] [6 Aug 2006]
- Thursday three-fer
- F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content This week’s Alertbox column, offers tips for web writing based on eyetracking studies of how users read web pages. Community Creators, Secure Your Code! Tips for sanitizing your user-generated content and code. Related: Ask Chris Episode 1 (MP3 file). Google Calendar releases an API So now you can create a calendar front-end and [...] [20 Apr 2006]
- Links for April 7, 2006
- TV on the Web ramping up in 2006 Richard MacManus has a round-up and analysis of some recent posts about rich media. Study sees interest in multitasking phones Or ‘Why mobile content is about to become even hotter’, although Nokia’s CEO argues voice is still the killer app. [Related: My notes from Demystifying the Mobile Web and the [...] [7 Apr 2006]
- Never, EVER, neverever in life …
- … should you include put a file with your database passwords in your web document root and give it an .inc extenstion. I ran across an example of this today and it’s just a really bad practice. These files are web-readable, and by saving it as an .inc file, you are exposing your data to whoever [...] [17 Aug 2005]
