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  1. Scope and methods by Synerg1y · · Score: 2 · on Facebook Files For a Patent To Track Its Users On Other Sites

    For everybody getting freaked out, I'm pretty sure by third party sites, they mean sites they have a partnership with, too lazy to find which ones, but I posted like a month ago about this when it first surfaced.

    They are only tracking you with their affiliates with which they have achieved systems integration. A cookie is the legacy best practice code approach to sharing data between two sites. I'm sure they had business reasons for using a cookie rather than a web service (helps the smarter than average bear not get tracked since cookies are client based, while a web service happens on the back end).

    I want to make it very clear I'm not defending facebook for tracking its users, but they are not tracking EVERY site like the majority of slashdotters seem to be implying.

    And last, but not least, merry christmas, tin foil hat ready,

    http://blog.blackdown.de/2010/05/20/stop-facebook-from-tracking-you-on-third-party-sites/

  2. Re:Securing LAMP by Juergen+Kreileder · · Score: 1 · on Survey Finds Most WordPress Blogs Vulnerable

    I only allow access to the admin pages when the client presents a known SSL certificate: Securing WordPress 2 Admin Access With SSL

  3. Re:Write your own if you can by Juergen+Kreileder · · Score: 1 · on Blog Software Smackdown

    I also doubt security is a high priority task for the WordPress developers. The last few security fix releases were done quite silently. No announcements on release mailing list, no notes on the main WordPress site -- just posts on the development blog which didn't even mention what was broken and who might be affected. (See WordPress Security Annoyances).

    Nevertheless, I'm running a modified WordPress version on my site. Admin access is only possible via SSL with a known certificate. (Setup described at Securing WordPress Admin Access With SSL)

  4. Re:Write your own if you can by Juergen+Kreileder · · Score: 1 · on Blog Software Smackdown

    I also doubt security is a high priority task for the WordPress developers. The last few security fix releases were done quite silently. No announcements on release mailing list, no notes on the main WordPress site -- just posts on the development blog which didn't even mention what was broken and who might be affected. (See WordPress Security Annoyances).

    Nevertheless, I'm running a modified WordPress version on my site. Admin access is only possible via SSL with a known certificate. (Setup described at Securing WordPress Admin Access With SSL)

  5. Re:Highly annoying by Juergen+Kreileder · · Score: 1 · on Rundown on SSH Brute Force Attacks

    I'm using netfilter's ipt_recent module to block IPs that flood the ssh port temporarily. Here's the configuration I use for shorewall.

  6. Re:Pan wheel... by Juergen+Kreileder · · Score: 1 · on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse
    Now I just wish the X protocol could be fixed to support more than 7 buttons.
    I managed to get all 9 buttons of my Intellimouse working, config described here.