Secure Database Connections In Drupal
If you are setting up a Drupal site with an SSL certificate in a shared environment such as an ISP or hosting center, one of the things that you need to consider is the connectivity to your database....
View ArticleCant Speak SSL?
Telnet is a good tool for testing basic connectivity to a service for such things as verifying firewall rules. It’s especially good for stripped down environments where there is not desktop environment...
View ArticleSecure Database Connections in WordPress
If you are setting up a WordPress site with an SSL certificate in a shared environment such as an ISP or hosting center, one of the things that you need to consider is the connectivity to your...
View ArticleMonitor Your Domain With Google Alerts
Fake online pharmacies and malware depots popup all over the place. The people that build these sites are in somewhat of a predicament. They need to lay low because they’re using hacked hosting, but at...
View ArticleRemoving Image Metadata with ExifTool
Most digital cameras and cell phones embed metadata in the digital photos that they capture. Some embed the make and model of the camera. Others embed camera settings, GPS data, and other embed...
View ArticleThis Connection Is Untrusted – Part 2
Web browsers will complain when they can not validate a SSL certificate. In the past, I’ve written about the untrusted connection warnings related to unknown certificate authorities and certificate...
View ArticleHow To Remove The DigiNotar Trusted CA
On news that hackers may have generated over 200 fake SSL certificates from the DigiNotar CA, some people are wondering if this CA should be trusted until they can confirm that they have cleaned...
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