Ben Forta

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October 7, 2009

TSA = Totally Stupid Agents?

I've run into, and commented on, TSA stupidity and ignorance before. But, this one is a contender for the #1 spot ... My 13 year old was just stopped when walking through the metal detector at LAX because he was holding a Rubik's Cube. It was in his pocket originally, and while in line he took it...

September 19, 2009

Yes, I Was Hacked

As many of you know, this site was hacked last week, along with several other ColdFusion powered sites including Mike Dinowitz's House Of Fusion . The attackers found a vulnerability in Galleon which allowed for a file to be uploaded and executed. The actual uploaded file appears to be similar to...

June 13, 2009

Blog Updated

Sorry for all of the comment spam many of you have been receiving. I am not sure why the parasites think that my site readers would be particularly interested in WOW Gold and Muslim Dating, but ... I was running a rather dated version of Ray Camden's BlogCFC (my setup is a very modified version of...

June 10, 2009

Lee Explains The Flashbelt Dead Drop

Lee Brimelow has done it again. His latest Dead Drop required inspecting mail headers, performing a SQL injection attack, following GPS coordinates, lock picking ... I am amazed every time someone actually solves one of these things! But, someone did indeed solve it, and now Lee explains all.

March 4, 2009

David Aden On Is Open Source Free

David Aden has written a really good article for Government Technology entitled Open Source -- Is it Free? . This is not a technical article, rather it focuses on business decisions, and measuring the true cost of "free". David presents the arguments clearly and fairly, and this one is worth the...

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