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Ever wanted to know how to scan for an open port on a linux box?
Well.
Here you go.
% nmap -sT -O localhost
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Tonight, I was playing around with trying to figure out how to display some HTML entities inside a wordpress post.
I wanted to be able to display a simple fraction in a wordpress post.
After a bit of RTFMing on the Wordpress Codex, I found that the tags will allow you to render HTML entities specificly.
The […]
Definate a great series of articles to read if you are at all interested in creating solid database driven web applications.
ONLamp.com — MySQL Crash Course
MySQL Crash Course
by John Coggeshall
12/23/2003
Welcome to another issue of PHP Foundations. Last time, I wrapped up a discussion of an ongoing topic of security and good practices I’ve dubbed “PHP Paranoia.” […]
PHP Compiled with Openssl libssh2 and PECL ssh2
0 Comments Published by Ben Wann September 25th, 2006 in CrazinessI found a page on the php.net site today talking about how to get php to make secure ssh connections.
Check it out.
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Earlier I was writing Luis von Ahn, and his work on steganography.
Here is a practical way of implementing CAPTCHA with PHP.
Using the PEAR library Text_CAPTCHA, programmers can implement the work done by the researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.
Be sure to check it out.
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Luis von Ahn - MacArthur Fellow of Computer Science
0 Comments Published by Ben Wann September 23rd, 2006 in CrazinessCongratuations are in order to Luis von Ahn, winner of the 2006 John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur foundation fellowship. Luis won this honor in his work concerning steganography.
The definition of steganography (from wikipedia):
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended […]
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