Daily Archives: August 15, 2007

Your website .. in any other language

By Owen | August 15, 2007

Wouldn’t it be great to offer the content of your website translated into a number of different languages? Well, that’s exactly what Applied Language Solutions offer. They have a set of free translation tools including a widget you can add to your website which will automatically translate the page for your viewers. The widget supports [...]

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Fun with HTTP Headers

By Owen | August 15, 2007

If you’re responsible for your own webservers, you’ll know that the HTTP Headers sent out with each web request can be modified. Some people do this for security reasons, some people do it just for fun.
Here are some fun ones found in the wild:
X-Disclaimer: The local sysadmins have *nothing* to do with the content of [...]

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Watch your password

By Owen | August 15, 2007

There’s a number of common passwords that hackers try out when breaking into a system.  Here’s what they are:
Top 10 passwords:
1. 123
Would you protect your bank account with a PIN number this simple and easy to replicate? Come on, be more creative. At least add a word before or after it.
2. password
You may [...]

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