#Technology
HTTP Response Header: Content-Disposition
For the longest time, I always wondered how WordPress.org always served the current version of wordpress from a file named “latest.tar.gz”, and … →Password Policy
Hackers/crackers use modern GPUs (and possibly ASICs) to brute-force passwords. The old-school password policies from the early 2000’s really … →Remove Ubuntu/Debian version from sshd server string
For security reasons, I don’t like that “Debian/Ubuntu” shows up on my sshd server string. You can see the sshd server identification string … →Disable "Speed Dial" Feature in Firefox 13
When you open a new tab in Firefox 13, you see a preview grid of most-visited web pages or something. Maybe. I’m not sure where that list comes from. … →OSX - How to change the root user's shell.
Or the default shell of any user for that matter. I don’t know if this is recommended or not, but changing from /bin/sh to /bin/bash will enable … →Analysis of a Chinese Phishing Scam - Global Payments, Inc.
This post will be of particular interest to customers of Global Payments, Inc. I received an email which seemingly came from them, asking for account login … →Convert .m4a files to .mp3 format (with tags)
A Perl utility I wrote to convert .m4a files to .mp3 format. It will also pull the tags over from m4a format. If there are no m4a tags, the script will die. … →Facebook account deletion link
In case anyone is looking for it: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account This is the official Facebook delete account link. You can … →spicnspan.pl – “clean up” text files
At times I get tired of editing code with tabs. And by “at times”, I mean every time. I hate tabs in code. I hate trailing spaces in code too (makes … →CPAN changing permissions on OSX
some Perl code If you are looking for a Perl module to interface with Amazon’s S3 hosting service, do not use the Net::Amazon::S3 module. It has an … →