Since RedHat decided to kill off the CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) and replace it with the Fedora releases we have been looking at alternative Linux operating systems to power our servers. We have been very happy with the efforts of AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Both are nearly identical, except for branding and both products […]
Vultr: Living up to their name, unacceptable TOS
This morning we received word of a new Terms of Service from one our infrastructure providers, Vultr, owned by Constant.com. Within their TOS they outline that they claim ownership of any content that is placed on their servers. An excerpt from the new TOS (which we have NOT agreed to) is below: ==== information, text, […]
Fix macOS Ventura SSH access denied
The latest version of the Mac operating system, macOS 13 “Ventura” changes the way things are handled with OpenSSH. Certain legacy servers no longer adhere to the security policies of some servers that are running older OpenSSH software, specifically RedHat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux prior to version 7. There are a couple of ways […]
When something is free you are the product: Microsoft Edition
Microsoft purchased GitHub in 2018. For those who are not in-the-know, GitHub is a code repository that allows users to work collaboratively with their development team. It is a 3rd-party SaaS offering that offers a free tier and other pair tiers. Now GitHub Users Want to Sue Microsoft For Training an AI Tool With Their […]
The biggest data breach ever (happens every day)
Just when you thought you’d heard about all the latest data breaches (and received the hundredth email telling you your data was stolen) we must shine a spotlight on another insiduous type of data breach that could be stealing and tracking your browsing data on a constant real-time basis. Let’s talk about Real-Time-Bidding, also known […]
WMD Password Generator
A new tool has been rolled out on the WMD.dev site: our password generator. This new tool was built based on a bit of need and a lot of laziness in that there is a daily need for a secure password but it can be a pain to find something that doesn’t make you create […]
If you care the slightest about your privacy then stop using Chrome
…or any Google product for that matter. We preach the importance of protecting your online privacy. We also realize there is a balance to be had between that privacy and the convenience offered by online services. Wired recently posted the article “It’s time to ditch Chrome” and (despite their ironic insistence of accepting their cookies) […]
The Vatican Moves to Zimbra
If it’s secure enough for the Pontiff… Vatican City has consolidated all of their various email technologies into an on-premises hosted Zimbra solution. The Dicastery faced an all too common situation. They hadto integrate different groups, with different email platforms and data in different datacenters, onto one email system. They had users on Oracle Communications […]
WordPress 5.0.1 and 4.9.9 released
Exactly one week after WordPress dropped their major release version 5.0 security patches have been released in the form of 5.0.1 and 4.9.9. Several security issues have been addressed in the 5.0.1 update which has been backported to version 4.9.9 for those who have yet upgraded to WordPress 5.0. Among these security fixes, as outlined […]
SSLs Explained!
With Apple’s Safari and now Google Chrome actively warning users if a site is not encrypted now is a good time learn about SSLs. Fortunately the folks at ManageWP have put together this great article which goes into detail about the differences between SSLs. The article covers the differences between free and paid certificates and […]