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WordPress Vulnerability – A suggestion

Several posts have indicated that WordPress blogs are being hacked. The approach involves a process of guessing (via a program) at passwords. Since this approach likely takes many attempts, a practical and easy to implement defense is to install the plugin “Limit login attempts.” Just search for this plugin. The plugin provides some useful info. [...]

Posted 13 April 2013 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

It is called Firesheep

This is a follow up to my last post – I hope this scares you. At the time I made the previous past available, I was unwilling to reveal the name of the software I was describing for fear of encouraging the very behavior I was warning users about. However, the number of downloads of [...]

Posted 14 November 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Open WIFI – I hope this scares you

I have been trying to decide how to present this without encouraging the behavior I describe here. I have decided not to name the product I describe. Many who follow this blog already know the name of the free download I am describing, but I think I can spread the alarm without adding to the [...]

Posted 11 November 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

OpenDNS

I have been experimenting with an online service called OpenDNS. I must give credit to a Leo Laporte’s podcast for bringing this service to my attention. Most tech folks are probably familiar with the role played by a DNS server. As I understand the purpose of the DNS server, it functions to translate the web [...]

Posted 15 January 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

ShieldsUp!

I have discussed computer security and open ports in previous posts. I worry about open ports (and so do the university folks of monitor my activities) because I operate servers and must allow for interaction (port 8o for HTML, 22,23 for FTP and 25 for Email). You may have other ports open on your equipment [...]

Posted 26 March 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Reality Check! Cindy’s adventures in the real world.

Cindy provides this account of yesterday’s adventure. The schools in our region have agreed to form a consortium in order to secure prof. development resources from the state. They bring in some external “trainers” for some things and rely on local people for others. Cindy was a local person involved in providing sessions on new [...]

Posted 23 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: