In order to further harden a folder, for example an ‘uploads’ folder as used by WordPress, it maybe appropriate to block the execution of key file types. If you have a specific folder where content can be more easily written, blocking execution of script files will help reduce the chance of an attacker executing a …
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Going back to late last year, I upgraded WordPress to 2.7. It all went will apart from some issues with the TinyMCE visual editor. I read a number of articles including Troubleshooting TinyMCE in WordPress 2.7 and http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224121 with no luck. With no plugins and the default theme, i could not get my editor to …
I have finally got around to doing some upgrades yesterday. First off at work I upgraded my system from Kubuntu Fistey Fawn 7.04 to Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 I found the following command useful to check the version of my system “lsb_release -a”, both before and after the upgrade. I followed the instructions to upgrade on …
Welcome! I have had this domain for a little while now and not got around to doing much with it. I have set it up with WordPress, a great personal publishing platform. I have tried several Blog / Content Management Systems and for my personal site and blog this looks the business. I have got …