If you have a script, admin area or whatever that you would like to make a bit more secure, you can use the following chunk of code to do this. If you don't have SSL (HTTPS) set up then you would need to get this sorted first. This isn't bullet proof protection, but it helps. [...]
If your web site's secure HTTPS area includes any content such as images, javascript or whatever via standard HTTP, your visitors may well get a security warning popping up saying that the page contains secure and insecure content. For some of your sites visitors, this rather vague and worrying statement might make them decide to [...]
The worlds most popular browser has a fundamental security flaw which allows malicious code to steal your passwords! Time to switch to Firefox! Or even better, switch to Linux! more: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/12/security_flaws.html http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices/2008/12/16/internet-explorer-security-alert/ http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/hdw/?p=3795 http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=14599 http://myword.blog.co.uk/2008/12/16/internet-explorer-security-alert-5232995 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/12/16/bbc-internet-explorer-security-alert/ More Reading:
PHP's simple XML is sometimes counter intuitive. Whilst it is acknowledged to be more simple than its predecessors, the "simple" name might be pushing things a bit. One thing that keeps cropping up when working with SimpleXML is the way that it lets you work with its objects as if they were arrays. That sometimes [...]
Just wanted to say a quick "Happy Christmas" or "Seasons Greetings" for the more purist atheists or non Christians among you. Furthermore I would like to wish all readers a happy new year. Despite the ongoing economic doom and gloom, I think there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful and do not doubt that [...]
Check out this link for some handy little tools to help you get Google Checkout up and running properly. http://demo.globant.com/~brovagnati/tools/ More Reading: