Tag Archives: security

Dear IT Security Industry…

Posted on 2009/09/10 by

… You are full of shit. I don’t know how effective your scare-mongering cash-extortion tactics are, but they don’t really help neither your users, nor vendors, nor anyone else. It all starts when major vulnerability databases start authoritatively spouting out … Continue reading →

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Packing for MySQL Conference 2009

Posted on 2008/12/16 by

Yay, coming to Santa Clara again (4th conference in a row!:). I can’t imagine my year without MySQL Conference trip anymore. To get a free ticket I’ll present on two topics, MySQL Security (lately I have related role, and have … Continue reading →

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Tim is now vocal

Posted on 2008/12/16 by

Tim is one of most humble and intelligent developers I’ve ever met – and we’re extremely happy having him at Wikimedia. Now he has a blog, where the first entry is already epic by any standards. I mentioned the IE … Continue reading →

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IE finds JS in Images (old xss bug!)

Posted on 2008/01/03 by

Well, this fix was done more than three years ago, but this is one of most evil IE bugs in existence. Even better, it seems to have never been fixed, exists in IE7, and is being discussed in various places … Continue reading →

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