Security
die, some spam!
by Andy on Dec.09, 2009, under Security, Site Updates
If you haven’t browsed through fantom-stranger.com, I have a paste bin for directly pasting any text, into my site. Really handy for sharing text. It kind of an open security hole and recently, some bots have found it and taken the time to nestle in some content. Luckily I caught it before anything turned into a rash. The text-dump paste-bin has been updated and now employs recaptcha in attempts to narrow bot spam. This is my round 2 attempt as my first custom captcha didn’t stop any “inappropriate” content. I’ve also wiped the database to start a-fresh in “the text-dump pastes”, from this point forward. Bot spam will not be tolerated any longer and I will put harder captchas in place it comes down to that. Jerks.
fantom software pick: moon secure anti-virus
by Andy on Dec.09, 2009, under Computers & Technology, Microsoft Windows, Security
I can get paranoid about my “local” security quite often and I am a big fan of open source software. I try to go open before anything, really. I had used clamwin for awhile but was interested in a more “active” anti-virus tool because clamwin is only on demand. That wasn’t enough for me; I know it can’t protect you from getting viruses. I looked up open source alternatives that had more aggressive/constant memory scanning protection that wouldn’t stop when I clicked close. I found Moon Secure and I have been installing it everywhere. Moon Secure is an enterprise level active anti-virus scanner for Microsoft Windows, that currently employs clamav scan engine and virus database. The best part about it is that it’s free! The UI isn’t fancy but it’s worth a try if you are sick of controlling n0rton or the buggy resource hogs like mcafee.
Control IIS IP address binding and prevent all unassigned IP addresses
by Andy on Nov.04, 2009, under Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS Specific, Security
This post is for Windows XP and Windows 2003.
If using Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0, you need to disable socket pooling. Here is the Microsoft article for disabling socket pooling in IIS 6.
This info discusses how to change (force) which IP addresses that IIS listens too. There are several scenarios that this would fall into. Most people generally only need to separate services and IIS listens to all IP addresses by default, IP so errors will occur if multiple web servers are using port 80 on the same IP. Example: Your server has multiple IP addresses and you need to run a new apache wordpress blog site on a separate dedicated IP address then your .net survey e-commerce IIS site to avoid any conflicts. (continue reading…)
sidekick danger: danger
by Andy on Oct.10, 2009, under Dumb, Networking, Security
Well here is some bad news for t-mobile sidekick users. Danger/Microsoft’s servers are “on the fritz” and when users shut off their sidekick they lose all their data. The event has pulled all sidekicks from the stores.
Wow.
free windows “security” software “soon”
by Andy on Sep.25, 2009, under Computers & Technology, General Stuff, Security
Get ready! “In the coming weeks” you can be protected from some stuff a bit more then usual for no cost or hassle. I recommend that everyone who uses a Microsoft Windows®, take advantage of these options as they come.
wow, you made it..
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