Anybody that will be coding publicly-accessible SQL-based web applications needs to be aware of the threat from SQL Injection attacks. SQL injection attacks are attempts made by a malicious user to gain access to the SQL back-end database and can occur from, for example, a PHP front-end. One way for the attack to work is to input unexpected data. If it is formatted in a way … [Read more...]
MyFreeCopyright.com on WordPress.com blogs
Upon request, and tangentially related to my post titled "My Brush with Blog Scraping", I'd like to provide a quick step-by-step guide on getting MyFreeCopyright.com to work with your blog. I'll specifically be using Wordpress.com, but I can't imagine the steps would be too terribly different for other blogging systems. MyFreeCopyright.com subscribes to your feed and watches … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Shortcuts versus Static Copies to Web Pages
If you want to put a shortcut to a webpage on your desktop, you can easily do this in the following steps. You will want to be sure, however, that you understand the difference between creating a shortcut to a web page and making a static copy of one. If you make a static copy of a web page, it will not reflect any updates made to the site after you save it. That could be what … [Read more...]
Installing Disk Defragmenter for Windows XP
Disk Defragmenter and Disk Clean-up are typically installed by default on Windows XP installations. If, however, they are not showing up under Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and when you go to My Computer, right-click on the drive, Properties, and on the Tools tab you get the message: "No defragmentation tool is currently installed" You might need to manually … [Read more...]
My Brush with Blog Scraping
While many people have resigned that spam is just a fact of life--they will get it, it will fill their inboxes, they will waste valuable time each and every day deleting it--having someone steal your written words to make their spam look legitimate is much worse, much more personal, and nothing of which to resign yourself. The DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) is in place … [Read more...]