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App Units versus Installations – ITunes Store
Units count the number of times an app was downloaded from the app ; If a user presses the "Get" (or "Buy") button in the app store, that counts as…
HTTPs and Authentication based sites not necessarily secure
Simple HTTPs does little to protect your website. All it does is protect MITM (Man in the Middle) attacks. Even an authentication based website is not necessarily secure - each…
Certificates Demystified – root versus self signed, private versus public key
I struggled a lot with understanding the nuances of security certificates – self-signed versus root certs, public keys versus private keys versus Certificate Authorities (CAs)….This post will attempt to clarify…
Facebook pages versus Groups
When should you use a FB Group? When should you use a page? According to FB, a GROUP is ideal for ‘shared’ interests – Reading, Writing, Running… And Pages work…
Peoplesoft, Oracle ERP
PeopleSoft is an ERP suite of products sold by Oracle. The suite includes: CRM (Customer Relationship Management) FSCM (Financial Supply chain management) HCM (Human Capital Management) Solutions. Peoplesoft 8 was…
copy paste from pdf, copy paste from ebooks
Copying and pasting content from either PDFs or eBooks is a fairly common need. While specialized tools can help with the task, some simple techniques – using only the basic…
Random hostnames seen in Fiddler–when using Chrome
If you use Google Chrome (and who doesn’t), then you might see requests such as those below when you start up your browser. Randomized hostnames – so obviously, you start…
Sanitizing image and pdf files prior to upload
Does your site allow for file uploads of any sort? Pdfs? Jpegs? Anything whatsoever? All these file formats are notorious for allowing malware to piggyback onto them (a technique known…
Web Shells
A web shell is a piece of code that essentially takes over your web ; By providing a simple web-executable file ( aspx file, php file…) that contains code to…
Creating an Oracle RAC like structure with SQL Server Technology
It is no secret that Oracle’ RAC platform has been a best seller in the enterprise database category. Among other things, Lowers overall cost of ownership by providing a single…