For testing, sometimes I need to validate web behaviors like redirects on SSL, and one of the reasons I love the Mac is that it gives me a ready to roll Apache server. I actually run a local copy of my web site on my Mac, and have it set up as a virtual host so that I can just browse directly to it. Continue reading
Tag Archives: IP address
How to change printer’s IP address on Mac OS X
I was updating my network to use a different subnet and realized that the last time I did that, my HP printer stopped working because a lot of the network drivers set the IP address into the printer settings.
So I figured that maybe I would need to update the printer’s IP address on my Mac. I looked at the printer settings and didn’t see anything that might work.
A Little Security for WordPress on CentOS
I logged into a newly provisioned VM recently to see a message that there had been 86,876 failed login attempts from a domain in another country.
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Last failed login: Sat Sep 13 04:02:20 <a class="zem_slink" title="Coordinated Universal Time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">UTC</a> 2014 from 222.186.34.117 on ssh:notty There were 86876 failed login attempts since the last successful login. |
That got me to looking for best practices on securing Linux against attacks, and looking for help from RackSpace (one of the better Cloud hosting providers). Continue reading
Hacking a Theme
I was setting up a temporary WordPress site for a client as a placeholder for their business. All they wanted was their logo, a link to an existing product page, and a message about the site being under construction.
Since they were going to have some design ready shortly, I set them up with a WordPress site, and found a simple theme (Decode by Scott Smith) that their logo would work with.
The owner then told me she wanted to see the site running with SSL (aka HTTPS), so I grabbed a certificate and installed it.