Monthly Archives: January 2009

Security is important!

By Donnie Bachan | Published: January 30, 2009

I am guilty of an unforgiveable crime. I deployed an unsecured webserver and in IT that is THE ULTIMATE IN STUPIDITY! I am sorry and will not let it happen again. As a result the server was infected and became a zombie covertly attacking other servers. The machine was infected with the Downandup/Conficker trojan. This attacks [...]

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Computer Security: Learning about botnets

By Donnie Bachan | Published: January 21, 2009

TechRepublic had an interesting article on Botnets and Hosts file pharming. This is something that most people are unaware of while their computers are being silently used by remote attackers. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=738&tag=nl.e036 There are a few tools that I would recommend getting Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 which is a pretty comprehensive threat protection suite.

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ColdFusion 8 useful little gems

By Donnie Bachan | Published: January 12, 2009

This is just a repost of an article by Charlie Griefer on PactPub.com. It contains some very cool little tips that may not be as popular as some of the other big enchancements provided by Coldfusion 8. http://www.packtpub.com/article/coldfusion-8-enhancements-you-may-have-missed Enjoy!

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Tag timeouts in HostMySite shared hosting

By Donnie Bachan | Published: January 3, 2009

I recently moved a client to HostMySite.com and I am for the most part happy with their service. I have used them in the past and have recommended others to use them. One of their policies in the CF shared hosting plan is that page requests that are longer than 50 seconds are timed out. [...]

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