Posted inWindows Server

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server.Ever wondered why Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) offers Flash updates for Windows Server? Adobe Flash Player is installed on Windows Server 2016 / 2019 if you have the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role installed. Yikes! I can imagine you want to delete Adobe Flash Player without deleting the RDSH role, and here is how.
22/11/2018Posted inWindows Server
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Posted inWeb application security

WordPress .htaccess security best practices in Apache 2.4.6+

Apache Access Control done right in WordPress .htaccess, 'Allow/Deny from all' versus 'Require All Granted/Denied'. Since Apache 2.4.6, a new module is used to configure and set up access control for websites: mod_authz_core. This means you have to use a different syntax for allowing or blocking hosts and IP addresses to your website. But unfortunately, old documentation is never updated and people even still write blog posts using that old syntax, leaving you with an unprotected website. Not what you had in mind, now is it?
05/11/2018Posted inWeb application security
Posted inCode base

MySQL Connector/ODBC C# test script

Whenever you need to test your ASP.NET connection to your MySQL database, using ODBC, you can use the following C# test script. Currently it uses MySQL ODBC 8.0 Unicode Driver, but you can easily change the version used. As a bonus it prints some connection information and it requires an SSL connection to your MySQL database (SslMode=REQUIRED).
03/10/2018Posted inCode base
Posted inPowerShell

Working with file attributes in PowerShell

Here is how to use Get-Item and Get-ItemProperty in PowerShell to perform and streamline day to day tasks like installing or updating software based on file versions. Working with PowerShell's Get-ItemProperty to get file attributes may boost your work productivity. It's often easier to getting things done if you have a more generic way of doing something. I also address changing timestamps on files in short.
22/08/2018Posted inPowerShell
Increase WordPress’ memory limit WP_MEMORY_LIMIT properly in wp-config.php
Posted inWordPress

Increase WordPress’ memory limit WP_MEMORY_LIMIT properly in wp-config.php

How to increase the memory limit for your WordPress website, the right way. The WordPress memory limit can be increased by the WP_MEMORY_LIMIT variable in wp-config.php. However, I see this done wrong over and over again in WordPress plugins and themes. In a worst case scenario this may even decrease the available amount of memory for WordPress! So be careful with the advice you follow. In this post I show you a correct way of setting WordPress WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and PHP memory_limit settings.
26/02/2018Posted inWordPress