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Category Archives: Security
How to browse securely with SSH and a SOCKS proxy
I was in Moab this weekend with my family and our motel had free wireless Internet. I used SSH and a SOCKS proxy to create a secure tunnel to my iMac at work. This allowed me to browse Gmail and … Continue reading
What goes around, comes around
I’m not a big believer in karma, but this week I experienced some karma-like effects. Two years ago for work, I developed code to protect wiki websites. Then I published it on my blog. This weekend a software upgrade caused … Continue reading
Posted in Main, MediaWiki, MySQL, PHP, Security, Tech
Tagged mediawiki mod_auth_mysql jonudell
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Choose a good password
You’ve heard over and over the importance of choosing a good password, but we all seem to keep the same bad habits. Roger Grimes analyzed 34,000 real passwords and discovered some interesting trends: As expected, English vowels are by far … Continue reading
Posted in Main, Security, Tips
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