blogging
in the past few days.. well actually, more like the past 2 weeks.. i’ve really been thinking good about writing in this here daily blog.. i’ve had some fabulous entry ideas.. and by fabulous i don’t mean it’s so great haha! everyone must read.. but more along the lines of, i actually was putting something together to write about, that was coherent and well written.. for years now i haven’t had the desire to write, and i’ve just found that writing things down.. in.. online journals can potentionally com back to bite you in the ass.. if you don’t want people to read it/see it.. don’t click submit right? so then i thought about keeping a paper journal.. and i can’t quite put my hands around that idea very much.. because some of what has been goign through my head i DO want to share.. in some plausible way.. i guess my biggest fear is that even though there are private entries, nothing is secure.. and they could get out someday..if anyone out there knows how to put whatever in to keep the spiders away.. i’d appreciate it.. even then i know those are not fool proof.. but maybe the 2 combined…
But again it comes down to, the statement of i had…i usually do my thinking late night.. when i am usually going to bed, and i tell myself to knock it off so i can sleep.. as many of you know, i’ve had some terrible trouble in the past week and some sleeping.. maybe it’s because i’ve been thinking, or maybe the thinking comes from the not sleeping.. i do not know.. but i do know i’m going to just have to start making entries and closing them so i can get them all together.. or using notepad or something..
September 16th, 2003 at 4:21 am
Security, huh? Well, without going into a boring treatise, here are three security measures that are commonly implemented on Linux/Apache systems:
1) username/password confirmation
Already used here. I’d forgotten my p/w, and the double-confirmation p/w renewal system is well-thought.
2) SSL encryption
This is a very common security measure taken on Apache sites, and I was a bit surprised that it’s not implemented by default on pmachine or whatever this thing is.
3) Cookies/Session Management
Security types have a love/hate relationship with cookies. The DIR cookies seem moderately secure. As to session handling, I can’t view that, but it’s normally pretty secure on Linux Apache systems.
Not too shabby, especially as it’s built on a Linux/Apache PHP platform. But I’d strongly recommend SSL if it’s viable. As far as securing a site beyond u/pw and encryption, that becomes esoteric stuff indeed.
Some pertinent links:
http://www.linuxguruz.com/z.php?id=914
http://www.openna.com/documentations/articles/php/index.php
http://www.phpfreaks.com/
September 16th, 2003 at 5:17 pm
jesus marc you could have sent that in an email*L*
September 16th, 2003 at 6:41 pm
*gasp*
I didn’t know it was so LONG!
September 16th, 2003 at 7:25 pm
I thought my code screwed up and i had the blog entry backin the comment box*L*