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Web Spidering
November 26th, 2009
Spidering, in its simplest form is the act of transferring data from one database to another. Spidering requires the use of Regular Expressions, the cURL library (if POST data or cookies are used), and the cron libraries (if we need to download information with a schedule).
Password Encryption, Hashing, Salting Explained
November 10th, 2009
Renowned Media has had several questions about password security, one way encryption, password hashes, salting hashes (not a food reference I swear!), the risks of having a database hacked, and the like. This non-technical article will go into detail about these concepts, and will contain a few examples but will not contain any code. Feel free to apply these concepts with any programming language you please.
Pagerank and higher search engine rankings explained
September 28th, 2009Introduction People ask us all the time, how does Search Engine Optimization (SEO) work, what is Pagerank (or Alexa / Compete), and what can I do to get my website on the first page of a Google result? This blog post will attempt to explain as much of this process as we can. There is [...]
PageRank sculpting
September 20th, 2009Here is a good article about Google PageRank and some general SEO techniques… The best way to increase your PR of a site (and boost your organic search results) is to have many people link to you. But, what happens when you link to too many people? Read on… PageRank sculpting
Running an Exploit Against a Server
April 16th, 2008This paper was originally written by Thomas Hunter as an assignment for college. The objective was to hack into a supplied Linux server and gain root access. By typing the ip address of the server into a browser window, you are greeted with a default web server installation page. Reading some of the content reveals [...]
Data Hiding in a Word Document
February 25th, 2008Originally written by Thomas Hunter as a homework assignment in college. The object of the assignment was to hide data inside of a word document. The Microsoft Word version that I used is 2007 as that is the version that I own. Several months I read an article about Microsoft’s attempt to turn its new [...]