Andrew Hay

November 8, 2006
by Andrew Hay
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Basic Fighter Maneuvers (BFM) and How They Relate To Information Security

I just watched an amazing documentary about the historical dogfight between Saburo Sakai and Pug Southerland called “Secrets of the Dead: Dogfight Over Guadalcanal” This documentary discussed, in depth, the strategy that the two pilots used when attacking and evading … Continue reading

November 8, 2006
by Andrew Hay
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Must be the “It’s ‘Random name here’ :)” spam day!

I’ve noticed a dramatic increase in a specific type of spam, over several accounts, over the past couple of days. Here is the format: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: It’s Miranda Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:35:26 +0180 From: Miranda … Continue reading

November 3, 2006
by Andrew Hay
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Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.0

Made PostgreSQL escaping functions in PostgreSQL and PDO extension keep track of character set encoding whenever possible. Added allow_url_include, set to Off by default to disallow use of URLs for include and require. Disable realpath cache when open_basedir and safe_mode … Continue reading

November 3, 2006
by Andrew Hay
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How to disable 3rd party cookies in Firefox 2.0

Found an interesting blurb on the Mozillazine Forums: You used to be able to set this via the standard user interface pre-2.0 but now you must go to the address bar and type: about:config You can then search for the … Continue reading