XSS or Cross Site Scripting is the newest trend for hacking and a very popular one. XSS is a very easy method to gain access to a website. Put simply, XSS is injecting a JavaScript forward script into any user input field on a target site. The forward URL will generally be a log script that steals your cookie information (or session ID).<p>Once the hacker has this information they can take over your account. This is somewhat of a guide and tutorial on XSS with the intention of educating ...
It is fairly easy to include a JavaScript file in your HTML. You can read a CodeCall Tutorial on it <a href="http://forum.codecall.net/javascript/1669-javascript-tutorial-using-external-script.html">HERE</a>. But what if you wanted to include another external JavaScript file from inside your first external JavaScript file (in this case you would include another file from javaScriptFile.js)? I needed to do this in order to finish one of my projects,<a ...
I'm adding a user limitation to My Blog that prevents spammers from posting/submitting blogs. The limitation will require that users have a minimum of 5 posts and has been a member for at least 7 days. I needed a quick function to compare two dates. There is no function in PHP to calculate the days between to dates. I searched google for a user made function and found two on the PHP.net pages in the user comment section (http://us2.php.net/date - submitted). The first is a simple ...
The Bash Prompt So I have been using Linux as my primary operating system for over a year now. Although I am an avid fan and now despise Windows, Linux does have its annoyances. One of which I have lived with was the bash prompt. The problem I had was, when traversing deep into directories, the bash prompt took up most of the terminal window. For example: john@lubun2-insp1520:/home/john/www/phpmyadmin/libraries/engines$This would cause commands to wrap onto the next line and often confuse me. I ...
<a href="http://www.azrul.com/products/my_blog.html">My Blog</a> is a blogger component that integrates with Joomla! In fact, the blog you are reading now was written and is displayed with My Blog. The version we have on CodeCall is heavily modified. Instead of interfacing with Joomla user accounts it uses vBulletin user accounts. TinyMCE has been modified an many additional controls have been added for bloggers to use. Today I'm adding a "newest" blog ...