Critical WordPress Upgrade Released

March 2, 2007

WordPress Blog – WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2

This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.

[Posted via wordpress.org]

This is a very critical update. If you run a WordPress 2.1.x site, you need to update a.s.a.p. — no if, ands or buts. Fortunately, I wasn’t bit by the security breach, however, I did find error logs in my web directory that showed me some kind of nefarious behavior was going on.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the web can be a bad, bad place…

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Using Keychains With .Mac; Troubleshooting Issues

March 2, 2007

Using keychains with .Mac; troubleshooting keychain issues

You can use keychains with .Mac. This article applies to Mac OS X 10.4 or later and contains troubleshooting information that you can use if you encounter keychain issues.

Fresh on the heels of my last post about keychain troubles, Apple was good enough to release a far more detailed article on the topic. This is definitely one of those “Utility”1 bookmarks you want to keep in your browser. The article covers mostly troubles when syncing your keychains via .Mac, but it has some good points for troubleshooting none-the-less.

However, based on my past experiences syncing keychains with .Mac, there’s only one thing I can say about it — just don’t do it!

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  1. I like to keep a folder in by browser favorites named “Utility” where I store handy tidbit such as this. It’s a time saver when something goes wrong. [↩]
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