A recently-exposed a flaw in the current standard for the SSL/TLS protocol allows “man-in-the-middle” attacks, but fortunately there’s an interim fix included in OpenSSL release 0.9.8l. This article describes the solution and provides links to additional resources.
Archives for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Securing SSL/TLS with Secure Renegotiation
By Joe Backo • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Features, Tips and Tricks
Making Your Shell Scripts Run From Anywhere
By Eric Weidner • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Tips and TricksHow many times have you had to go to a specific directory to launch an application or set several environment variables for an application to be able to find itself and run? Well, here’s a simple trick to add to your shell scripts so that they’re self-contained with no external requirements or editing.
Funkyness with Ferret
By Rod Cope • Jan 9th, 2009 • Category: Tips and TricksIf you need fast indexing and searching, especially if you’re doing Ruby on Rails development, Ferret is worth checking out. But there’s one funky thing that we’ve come across lately and wanted to share — something that works well when running in development mode but that causes bizarre issues in production mode.
Ubuntu Fiesty Spazzing and Returning to Read-Only State
By Landon Cox • Dec 30th, 2008 • Category: Tips and TricksAre you waking up to Ubuntu Feisty defaulting to a read only state? Our developers cracked this one…
Running Multiple Firefox Versions Side-by-Side
By Eric Weidner • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Tips and TricksOften developers need to test multiple browsers during development to test for browser compatibility or to use a different version of the browser because a needed plugin only works on an older version. Firefox offers some handy options to run several versions side-by-side.
System Slows Using Red Hat-Bundled Perl
By Brad Reeves • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Tips and TricksExperiencing performance problems with Red Hat and Perl? The Perl that’s bundled with Red Hat, along with code that uses the bless/overload combination, can result in a severe system slow down. This is a known issue with Red Hat supplied Perl.
