Security
Never Store Your Passwords in Clear Text
In 2008, I blogged about how to work with passwords with any web app you may build. It’s been one of the more popular posts on this site, and the lessons learned in that have never been more relevant during the course of the last few days.
Let’s flash back and get a bit of a [...]
Wordpress 2.6.2 and Automatic Updating
Wordpress version 2.6.2 is out, fixing a few security holes. If you haven’t already, you should upgrade your installation as soon as possible.
I think I’ve mentioned it here before, but if you’re not running the Automatic Upgrade plugin, stop and add it to the top of your to-do list. True to it’s name, the plugin [...]
Do you have an Extended Validation Certificate?
Are you using Firefox 3? Cool, me too. See where the favicon is for this site up there in the address bar? Did you know it’s clickable?
That area now presents security information about the site you are visiting. Firefox is calling it the Site Identification Button, and it’s taking the old padlock icon to the [...]
