Bogus entry

I’ve made a slight tweak to the authentication modules at the recommendation of one of the other users of the MySQL Auth Module (Mark Blair) so I’m trying that one out to see if it stops the Apache box from restarting every hour or so. Most people won’t notice any difference with any luck, but…

I think the reader comment problem should now be fixed – I had a PHP setting that I had missed when I switched servers so that it forced people to use cookies. Unfortunately there’s some personal firewalls and such like out there that feel ANY cookie is an invasion of privacy and therefore block them,…

I’ve added a couple of filters to HamiMail, which should hopefully reduce the risk of the latest wonderful worm hitting your inbox (though if it arrived before yesterday then you’ll still stand a chance of having it). Steve

Lets take these questions in comments one at a time; Bickmea – answered above DaveInBawlmer – I already deleted your diary and will return your money Franny – You need to use your own personal judgement really. If noone complains you’re probably fine. If someone does complain about a specific entry we’ll request you make…

I think I’ve got all the websites stable now (or as stable as they were before I started playing ;)) Give me a shout if there’s anything you find thats broke! Steve

Apologies for the unscheduled brief outage this morning. One of my other servers was compromised yesterday by a PHP vulnerability (PHP claims it’s bad script code, but every other site I’ve seen says that this compromise was actually bad PHP engine… Ho Hum, who cares, I’ll just stop the gap :)) and as a result…