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Securing SSH with Key Based Authentication
Certificates are a useful way of restricting access to your SSH server because a user must have three things to log onto the server: Username Password Certificate Normally they would only need to have a password and username, which can be guess at or (potentially) brute forced. Forcing the user to supply a certificate on log on means that they must also have a tangible source of identification (without the key file they cannot log in! Read more ⇒
Linux to Windows Server - Migrating and securing your crontab
In the PHP development arena the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack is very common, but once in a while a client will come through the door with a Microsoft background. So what do you do if your CMS or framework was built with a Linux base layer in mind? Sounds easy, but what if you have jobs loaded into your Linux crontab for processing mail outs or after hours records processing? Read more ⇒
To install the new XAMPP ensure you firstly uninstall and remove your current XAMPP folder. Upgrades are not supported with this version due to the differences one of which is the removal of PHP4 support from the XAMPP package. I like to install agavi via the pear package that is available: Open a command prompt and navigate to your XAMPP directory eg. D:\xampp\php Execute: pear channel-discover pear.agavi.org pear config-set auto_discover 1 pear config-set preferred_state beta pear install -a agavi/agavi Wait for a bit as it installs Read more ⇒
Twitter, Jaiku, Rejaw and Tumblr
It is clear from all usage reports that Twitter is definitely used by more people than the other services, but I am still not sure whether any of them are truly must have or useful. Rejaw and Jaiku are more in line with the Twitter model, but they allow users to make comments on posts. Jaiku goes further by allowing channels, which operate much like an IRC Channel. You follow the channel and when users post updates to it they are displayed in your feed. Read more ⇒
I never thought I would see one of these little one seater cars running around largely due to their obscene price tag (£27k+), but the other day in Auckland I did. This was a photo I quickly snapped of it on Victoria Street outside the Sky Tower. This little car has been loved by reviewers for its ability to be driven like a car but still give you the fun of banking into turns like a motorcycle. Read more ⇒
I am now in a permanent role at Mosaic in Brighton and I am not looking for employment opportunities. Just a short note to give you more detail on my return to the United Kingdom in December 2008. I will be landing just before Christmas and be ready for a new role with an exciting company in the new year. A quick run down about me follows: UK citizen so I can work for anyone Zend Certified PHP Engineer UK and Australian industry experience Worked with clients such as: the Virgin Group of companies Volkswagen (VW) Nickelodeon Merlin Entertainments Group (London Eye, Thorpe Park, etc. Read more ⇒
Freelancers: Costing your work
Recently I have been a fly-on-the-wall in an interesting discussion on the Auckland PHP User Group regarding the process of costing freelance work. So I thought I would toss my hat in the ring and give my opinion and summarise the interesting aspects. Let me just say now that I cannot tell you how much you should be charging or what you are worth, but I can help you avoid some pitfalls. Read more ⇒
Displaying Syntax Highlighted Code in Wordpress
It is difficult to use both the TinyMCE WYSIWYG and post formatted code. TinyMCE will attempt to cleanup your HTML and it will therefore remove any tags it does not recognise so your XML code will be hacked up. To compound the problem further Wordpress has annoying habit of removing all your carefully laid out indentation and line breaks. There are many solutions to the problem out there including plugins that use BBCode to wrap the posted code up in. Read more ⇒
I spotted this wonderful Italian rally car whilst I was on our Honeymoon and visiting Amsterdam. I am a big fan of the Lancia rally cars including the Fulvia pictured here, Stratos, 037, Delta S4 and Delta HF Integrale. Some interesting reading on the HF in Lancia Fulvia HF and Lancia Fulvia Gold Portfolio, 1963-76 (Gold Portfolio). I am so tempted to get myself a scale model like this though: Read more ⇒
I have been travelling around Europe for the last month or so and I have been completely out of reach. [STRIKEOUT:Unfortunately it looks as though the solution I had implemented for code highlighting has died during this time,][FIXED] [STRIKEOUT:but I have also noticed that it is stripping backslashes which is affecting the code – especially the MS SQL import script I have supplied on one of my posts][FIXED]. It contains references to newline characters etc (n), which have been destroyed by the Wordpress plug in I am using called Sniplets. Read more ⇒