http://www.phpbbweekly.net/2009/02/08/phpbb-weekly-097-full-coverage-of-phpbbcom-outage-and-cracked-captcha/ Hosted by Douglas Bell and David Lewis Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.phpbbweekly.net/2009/02/08/phpbb-weekly-097-full-coverage-of-phpbbcom-outage-and-cracked-captcha/comment-page-1/#comment-36924 Douglas Bell Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:59:08 +0000 http://www.phpbbweekly.net/?p=271#comment-36924 Mission accomplished, then! :) Thanks for the feedback. Mission accomplished, then! Thanks for the feedback.

]]> http://www.phpbbweekly.net/2009/02/08/phpbb-weekly-097-full-coverage-of-phpbbcom-outage-and-cracked-captcha/comment-page-1/#comment-36923 Mr. Bond Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:55:08 +0000 http://www.phpbbweekly.net/?p=271#comment-36923 Very informative episode guys, I enjoyed all the security related discussion. Very informative episode guys, I enjoyed all the security related discussion.

]]> http://www.phpbbweekly.net/2009/02/08/phpbb-weekly-097-full-coverage-of-phpbbcom-outage-and-cracked-captcha/comment-page-1/#comment-36904 Techie-Micheal Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:56:08 +0000 http://www.phpbbweekly.net/?p=271#comment-36904 mod_security and similar tools are what I would call (and what others would call) a virtual patch. That is, they give you some time until you can patch the software. It is a band-aid in that regard. When I say band-aid, I don't mean that it doesn't work, because it does, but you shouldn't rely on mod_security and other application firewalls to protect you without patching the code. mod_security and similar tools are what I would call (and what others would call) a virtual patch. That is, they give you some time until you can patch the software. It is a band-aid in that regard. When I say band-aid, I don’t mean that it doesn’t work, because it does, but you shouldn’t rely on mod_security and other application firewalls to protect you without patching the code.

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