According to Netcraft a number of hosting companies are banning the use of phpbb. Considering the number of security issues that the open source bulletin board software has had in the last 8 months, this move is not particularly surprising. However, as a spokesperson for the developers rightly pointed out: While phpBB has and no doubt will continue to suffer from exploits (show … [Read more...] about The death of phpbb?
Business insight from someone who should know
Bob Parson's latest blog entry caught my attention. Bob talks about how he did not "make it" the first time, or even the second. He lost fortunes before he finally made it. It may not teach you how he became a success, but it will show you that: You probably won't succeed the first time You are not alone You might succeed - he did Edit: Thanks to John for pointing out the … [Read more...] about Business insight from someone who should know
Rewrite conflicts – WordPress plugin hell :(
Although I managed to get an internal cosmos and tagging thing working last week I seem to have run into a rewrite rule conflict due to my choice of wordpress plugins. The feedburner plugin I installed a few weeks ago uses mod_rewrite to pass all requests for RSS feeds, regardless of the format, over to the feedburner URI. As the tagging plugin is also rewriting the URLs this … [Read more...] about Rewrite conflicts – WordPress plugin hell :(
Upgrading phishing list – the easy way
Julian posted a nice and easy way of upgrading your phishing list configuration (phishing.safe.sites.conf) without losing any of your custom changes: … [Read more...] about Upgrading phishing list – the easy way
Data Retention – ISPA calls on ISPs following bombing
According to an article on The Register, UK ISPs have been asked to retain data prior to last Thursday's attack as it is felt that the bombers may have coordinated their efforts electronically (a not unreasonable assumption). Although this request is reasonable it is a bit impractical: Does a common format for logs exist? - No What volume of data is involved?- an unknown, but … [Read more...] about Data Retention – ISPA calls on ISPs following bombing