The two major Internet related stories that are widespread at present are the Stuxnet virus/trojan/malware and Wikileaks. The story of Stuxnet is absolutely remarkable and it (the trojan) is quite unlike anything we have seen before; its sophistication and capabilities are truly ground-breaking. As for Wikileaks, there is little new that I can add as [...]
Browser history sniffing is nothing new however continues to prompt debate; is it a black-hat, white-hat or grey-hat technique at identifying specifics of visitors to Websites? Browser history sniffing uses JavaScript and CSS (or Python) to identify Sites that the visitor has been to. This information may then be used for a multitude of purposes [...]
Over the past few days I have been driven (close to) insane with Godaddy subdomains not working. Here is a summary of the problem (as I posted on various forums): I’d REALLY apprciate some help on this problem I’m having with my Godaddy Linux shared hosting: 1. I have an index.html in the root of [...]
The .htaccess file is an extremely powerful and efficient means of performing configuration on your Website. .htaccess is typically used for blocking visitors, rewriting URLs, cache control, customizing error messages and access control (security) among other things. One of the best ‘quick guides’ to .htaccess is provided by ‘the jackol’s den’ who has kindly made [...]
I know this is not new however this surely remains topical; Bing, the Microsoft Search Engine, advertises on Google (i.e. Google Adsense). I was performing a search today for a map of Lindfield (in Ku-ring-gai which is part of greater Sydney) and noticed the ‘sponsored link’ as per the image. So, Bing is paying Google [...]
