Blogvaria http://blog.evaria.com The personal pages Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Multiple Vulnerabilities found in Apache http://blog.evaria.com/2010/multiple-vulnerabilities-found-in-apache/ http://blog.evaria.com/2010/multiple-vulnerabilities-found-in-apache/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:18 +0000 Thomas http://blog.evaria.com/?p=1216 Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Apache HTTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain access to potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) The “ap_proxy_ajp_request()” function in modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ajp.c of the mod_proxy_ajp module returns the “HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR” error code when processing certain malformed requests. This can be exploited to put the backend server into an error state until the retry timeout expired by sending specially crafted requests.

2) The mod_isapi module unloads ISAPI modules before the request processing is complete, potentially leaving orphaned callback pointers behind. This can be exploited by sending a specially crafted request followed by a reset packet.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on Windows systems.

3) An error exists within the header handling when processing subrequests, which can lead to sensitive information from a request being handled by the wrong thread if a multi-threaded Multi-Processing Module (MPM) is used.

To protect yourself and your server please upgrade to version 2.2.15 as soon as you can.

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With Microsoft Office 2010, you can review and do minor editing on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2010 documents, virtually anywhere, by using Office Web Apps from more locations on more devices.

Keep your people productive on the go. Office 2010 lets you access and edit documents stored on a server while you’re offline with SharePoint Workspace 2010, and then automatically syncs these changes when you’re back online. So you stay productive while on the go.

Support your employees, regardless of location or device. Office 2010 saves you time and money by helping you deploy and manage Office on the PC, the smartphone, and the Web, all from within familiar Microsoft System Center tools.

See what’s new in your favourite Office applications.

To try it out already go here.

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Yet despite the elemental status of copy and paste, the feature has changed little over the years. For instance, why is it that the Windows operating system lets you copy and paste only one selection at a time?

This week, I give you a clipboard workaround and spotlight M8 Free Clipboard and PasteCopy.NET, two free applications that give copy and paste a big boost.

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ACAP has been devised by publishers in collaboration with search engine operators and other web content aggregators to revolutionise the creation, dissemination, use, and protection of copyright-protected content on the worldwide web.

ACAP is set to become a universal permissions protocol on the Internet, a totally open, non-proprietary standard. Protect your content.

To find out how to enable ACAP on your website visit: the-acap.org

Implementing ACAP should take no more than 30 minutes. It is an extremely simple process for any IT professional and, until it is implemented by the major search engines, it will have no actual impact on the functionality of your site.

Implementation today is largely symbolic and part of the campaign to encourage search engines and other aggregators to adopt ACAP and respect the online copyright of content providers.

By the way – you’re looking at an ACAP enabled site right NOW – Cool eh ;)

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Asked about potential “Avatar” sequels, chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said on his quarterly earnings call Tuesday that the conglomerate is in “very early talks about it.” Director James Cameron “has ideas” for a sequel, he said, adding: “We will be pushing for one.”

But he cautioned analysts not to “hold your breath for an early one” in a possible reference to Cameron projects often taking a long time to come to fruition.

News Corp. deputy chairman, president and COO Chase Carey interjected that both sides want to make another movie. “We certainly both intend to have one,” he said.

The executives said financing of a sequel like of any movies these days would be key as News Corp. likes to lay off risk, especially since Cameron films tend to go over budget. But given the success of “Avatar,” financing details could come together.

Full story to be found here: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000.

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I’m not sure – but I guess it’s going to be a hit like all the latest gadgets from Apple…

What’s your take on this, and more importantly have you tried it yet?? Feel free to leave a comment below on the subject :)

Update: Today’s HelpDesk helps put things in a different perspective ;)

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Read all about the upgrade, features and improvements here.

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Happy New Year!!!

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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]]> http://blog.evaria.com/2009/merry-christmas-everyone/feed/ 0 Upgrading to WordPress 2.9 http://blog.evaria.com/2009/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/ http://blog.evaria.com/2009/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:42:46 +0000 Thomas http://blog.evaria.com/?p=1180 I guess most of you’ve already noticed that a new version of WordPress is available. And like many times before I thought I’d give you a heads up on the upgrade just in case there’s something problematic ahead. Again, I can assure you that moving from WordPress 2.8.x caused no issues either through automatic or manual upgrade.

A big thank you goes out to the development team for yet again giving us something to “play with”. I especially liked the enhanced Ajax features – NICE :) But most importantly you can now edit your images online! This is the most sought-after feature in my book for sure.

There’s a lot more stuff as well which you can read all about here or just watch the video below:

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If you have any comments or cartoon requests please feel free to leave a comment :)

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Therefore, should you be running your own Linux server with Apache please feel free to share your favuorite tricks that makes your server “bullet-proofed”.

Thanks in advance, and looking forward to hearing from you all :)

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According to MTV News, Swift says in an SNL promo that she’ll be the host, only to hear cast member Bill Hader tell her, “Whoops, Kanye West just called. He thinks Beyoncé should host instead.” Enjoy;

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Revo Uninstaller is a much faster and more powerful alternative to “Windows Add or Remove Programs” applet!

Here is the list of the tools and utilities included in Revo Uninstaller:

Auto Start Manager – Stop programs that start automatically on Windows startup; speed up loading of Windows!

Windows Tools Manager – Handy and useful tools bundled with every version of Windows; easily find useful system tools and options!

Junk Files Cleaner – Find and remove unnecessary files from your computer; free up disk space and delete files you do not need!

Browsers History Cleaner – Erase web browser history, visited pages history and temporary internet files of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Opera web browsers; free up a lot of disk space by deleting temporary internet files like temporary saved videos, temporary flash files, temporary pictures etc!

Office History Cleaner – Remove the history of most recently used files in MS Office; remove your tracks by deleting the list of last opened MS Office documents!

Windows History Cleaner – Remove the history of recently opened files, delete temporary files, remove usage tracks and other history items that are saved by Windows; remove your tracks saved by Windows for a lot of operations!<

Unrecoverable Delete Tool – Erase files and folders forever; be sure that nobody could recover your files and folders after deleting!

Evidence Remover – Make sure already deleted files, folders and other data are unrecoverable; securely erase your data!

Download Now or read more

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