http://jw0rd.net Archived Tech Knowledge Mon, 18 May 2009 00:09:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am pleasantly surprised with what is now available in Windows 7. It has a similar feel to Vista but appears to use less overhead. All screen shots were taken on a virtual machine running Windows 7 Build 7100 RC. Desktop: Microsoft included Bitlocker, a tool used for full drive encryption. This tool ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/05/11/windows-7-rc-first-impression/ If you are getting a DotNetNuke redirect loop upon deploying your site to a production web server it is usually one of two things: 1) You are setting the trust level to medium and using the 1.0.61025.0 version of System.Web.Extensions. Update the trust level to full and and update ALL occurrences ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/05/09/dotnetnuke-redirect-loop/ On shared web servers it is usually a good idea to encrypt your connectionstrings element as your web.config may be world readable depending on application pool identities, IUSR identities, and the machine.config trust level. You can do this with the aspnet_regiis utility (errr, your host can do it). Open up ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/05/02/encrypt-connectionstrings-asp-net/ Finally got my Acumen installed on my 929 and I'm liking the look :D Haven't gotten the chance to configure it yet tho http://jw0rd.net/2009/04/13/acumen-dg8-cbr929rr/ The most commonly used entry method for web applications today is through SQL injection. Anyone with just a little knowledge of SQL syntax can obtain vital information from a business or inject malicious code to be rendered when anonymous users visit a page. The purpose of the following article is ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/04/12/basic-ms-sql-injection/ This guide will walk you through ripping a DVD movie to your hard drive, building the ISO, and then burning that ISO to a dual layer disc (all for backup purposes of course). Software Required: DVD Decrypter - http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download Hardware Required: Burner that supports DVD+R/-R DL Blank DVD+R/-R DL media (I only use ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/03/18/rip-build-and-burn-to-dual-layer-dvd-dvd9/ If your .NET application is throwing a similar error you need to install service pack 1 of the .NET 3.5 framework along with Microsoft Chart Controls .NET 3.5 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en Chart Controls: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=130f7986-bf49-4fe5-9ca8-910ae6ea442c&displaylang=en http://jw0rd.net/2009/03/17/parser-error-message-could-not-load-file-or-assembly-systemwebdatavisualization-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified/ Recently at work I was dealing with a server-wide compromise on a web server. A specific injection was appended to over 2000 files *.cfm files. Once getting permissions in order (the root issue) I was trying to figure out how to remove the injections. We have a very strong Storage ... http://jw0rd.net/2009/02/14/visual-studio-as-a-powerful-search-and-replace-tool/ If you see strange characters in your post content (“I’, Â, etc...) after a Wordpress upgrade your will need to modify the following line in your wp-config.php Original: define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); Updated: define('DB_CHARSET', ''); That's it! http://jw0rd.net/2009/01/16/strange-characters-after-wordpress-upgrade-27/ The Qmail log location with Plesk is not /var/log/maillog it is /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog http://jw0rd.net/2009/01/15/qmail-log-location-wplesk/