Thursday, 22nd January 2004
Defending web applications against dictionary attacks
Over at Reflective Surface, Ronaldo M. Ferraz discusses the usability of an authentication system that locks down an account for a certain period of time after three failed login attempts. Ronaldo sees this as a trade off between usability and security, but I see it more as an added security issue in that it allows malicious third parties to lock other user’s accounts armed only with their username.
[... 398 words]NAA Digital Edge Winners Announced. We won best entertainment site for Lawrence.com :)
When Word-to-XML conversion gets nasty. “it is impossible to automatically convert unstructured sources into structured formats”
integrating javascript into stylesheets (via) It’s a shame this trick doesn’t appear to work in user stylesheets
Bring Me Your Regexs! I Will Create HTML To Break Them! “Parsing HTML is a solved problem. Use a library.”
CSS Hacks—HTML-only Filters Summary. Hiding CSS using HTML filters
10 reasons why RSS is not ready for prime time. The title says it all
Primate Photo Gallery. Pictures of monkeys. I like monkeys.