AddToAny: removing the “spy” from the share-ware
Update 01-2012: AddToAny now includes tracking by parent company Lockerz.com which cannot easily be disabled. After discovering AddToAny secretly enrolls all of my blogs visitors in a behavioral...
View ArticleDrupal, mod_cache & RFC2616 caching
Suppose you’re setting up a Drupal-based site for which you have to implement a caching reverse proxy and for reasons beyond your comprehension Varnish (or even Squid) are not an option. Oh no, you’re...
View ArticleRanting & Raving at Drupal Summit 2011
I attended Drupal Summit in Genk a couple of days ago and amidst the general “Drupal is the best thing since sliced bread” atmosphere, there were some interesting discussions about the platform’s...
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AddToAny now includes Lockerz tracking
AddToAny, one of the most popular sharing-widgets around, has had 3rd party tracking by Media6degrees for quite some time already. I wasn’t too happy about that, but it did have the no_3p option to...
View ArticleSite slower with CDN? Check your CSS!
A couple of days ago we implemented a CDN for a Drupal-based website, using MaxCDN/ NetDNA and the Drupal CDN module. We were very surprised to discover the site became … slower. It took us some time...
View ArticleAnd now you can even have my WordPress password!
Being slightly obsessed with security, I was delighted to discover that two factor-authentication (OTP) using Google Authenticator client is not restricted to Google applications, but is fully...
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On WordPress GET floods, plugin fingerprinting & keeping safe
Infosec consultant and blogger Xavier Mertens suffered from a GET flood last week. The would-be DDOS originated from WordPress blogs that seemed non-related both geographically and content-wise, were...
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