Security Ripcord


Archive for October, 2007

Login Warning Banner - Wordpress Plugin

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Login Warning Banner, Wordpress | 1,893 views 2 Comments »

I have created my first WordPress plugin titled "Login Warning Banner" to address a simple security concern. From the plugin readme file: Login Warning Banners are important aspects for system ... Read more..

Bastille-Linux Temporarily Disrupted By Domain Squatter

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Emotional, InGuardians, Linux, PDC | 561 views No Comments »

I am about to harden a Linux box and I need to re-read the documentation to Bastille. As I started typing the URL I remembered that the original URL ... Read more..

CISecurity VMWare ESX Benchmark

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in CISecurity, Virtual Machines | 665 views No Comments »

Although I have been a big fan of the Center for Internet Security for a long time, I just recently started helping with some of their benchmarks. Actually, the ... Read more..

EDU: Making It Through The Rapids (a.k.a. Who Needs Security?)

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in Education, Security | 552 views 2 Comments »

The school I work for just does not seem to get it when it comes to running a good secure infrastructure by following security standards. The administrators have done ... Read more..