Archive of posts filed under the Housekeeping category.
Moving to Cloudflare
I moved this site over to Cloudflare. The previous CDN doesn’t give SSL to free accounts. I’ve wanted to get SSL on here for many reasons, such as using SSL to protect my logins. Additionally the use of SSL is necessary for the SPDY protocol, which should speed up the site. I”m expecting Cloudflare …
Named Top 50 InfoSec Blogs You Should Be Reading
DigitalGuardian has named this blog as one of the Top 50 Infosec Blogs you should be reading. DigitalGuardian by Verdasys offers an interesting solution in the DLP area as well as advanced threat protection. Definitely worth checking out.
Testing, Testing Is this thing on
This is only a test. If this had been an actual blog post, lawyers would have sprung into action defending their right to keep their customers in the dark.
Closed
Its been fun, and I hope that I’ve helped or informed in some small way these many years. But its become clear that work policies and vender sensitivities dont allow for the type of blogging that I’d like to do. Stay safe out there.
Happy Blogaversary
On this date in 2004, I started this blog. In some ways it was about playing with the technology, first MovableType and later WordPress. In other ways its been a place to dump my brain with linked I wanted to remember. It became a place to talk about my experiences. Other people’s blogs and community …
All is quiet on the western front
Its been rather quiet on the blog for a while because of an unfortunate incident that occurred back in March. I never really believed I was anonymous. After all, the domain was originally registered publically rather than via a proxy, so it’s a simple matter to get my name and address. Nevertheless it is a bit disconcerting when …
WordPress 3.5.1 Security update
WordPress 3.5.1 is out. This is a maintenance and security update. The security updates are for: ■ Server-side request forgery (SSRF) and remote port scanning via pingbacks. Fixed by the WordPress security team. ■ Cross-site scripting (XSS) via shortcodes and post content. Discovered by Jon Cave of the WordPress security team. ■ Cross-site scripting (XSS) …
Now with email delivery
Just a housekeeping note. For those of you who prefer to follow blogs via email instead of RSS feeds or via twitter, I’ve enabled that ability. If you’d like to do that, on the home page, on the right hand side, look under the “keeping up” section. I have a link for twitter, the rss …
WordPress 3.4.2 released
WordPress 3.4.2 was released on September 6th. It contains security updates. I have installed the update on a couple of sites without issue.