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June 19, 2009

MIT/Stanford/Syracuse Team Develop New PHP Intepreter-Based XSS and SQL Security Tester

Filed under: Development — Tags: , , , , — Kris @ 5:55 am

Ardilla PaperA group of researchers from MIT, Stanford and Syracuse have developed a new program, named “Ardilla”, which can analyze PHP code for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL injection attack vulnerabilities.

Rather than just static analysis, this program actually traces the data through the software to determine whether the threat is real. This decreases false-positives significantly, compared to simple static analysis.

Here’s the technical paper for all us serious geeks…

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June 15, 2009

And now for something completely different… My 1958 MGA

Filed under: Cars — Tags: , , , , , — Kris @ 10:56 am

I just got this beauty running Saturday night. It’s been a bit of a project… Cutting out rusted patches of the frame and welding in replacements, replacing the entire braking system, and rebuilding the front hubs.

Here’s a video that my wife, kids and I shot as we fired the engine up for the first time since late 2005.  That was a good night!!!

1958 MGA 1500

1958 MGA 1500

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June 1, 2009

Targeting Your Website Based on a Visitor’s Location

Here’s a question about geolocation-based online marketing I received today:

I use google analytics. The service I sell online is location specific. I am getting visits clustered around various locations.

Any creative ideas on how to target visitors from specific locations? Does this make any sense?

Something like: If you are from San Diego, click here for a special offer?

Thoughts? Ideas? Experience to share?

Geotargeting your advertising messages is INCREDIBLY beneficial in a lot of cases.

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