If your web server is experiencing performance slow downs, and in particular if the average load time of your pages seems to be increasing, a good first place to check for what might be causing the slowdown would be your IIS logs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Great Tips found around the web for securing your online data:
Enable Security Controls: Unlike older databases, the newer databases require passwords to gain full access to the stored data. Often when the databases are shipped, none of the security features are enabled. Make sure you check the security controls and enable all of the features before allowing anyone access to the database.
No Comments »A quick list of what’s up on the Web; from PCI compliance to recent hacker attempts/attacks to security issues:
Twitter fixes XSS flaw after being exploited
http://inform.com/science-and-technology/twitter-fixes-xss-flaw-exploited-1107170a
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Remote File Inclusion (RFI) is a type of vulnerability that allows an attacker to include a remote file, usually through a script, on the target Web server. RFI occurs due to the use of user supplied input without proper validation. This can lead to something as minimal as outputting the contents of the file, but depending on the severity, to list a few it can lead to: Read the rest of this entry »
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