Back again…
Well kids, I’m back again after a short (2 month) break from updating the blog.
Some of you may wonder what the post below this one was all about. Basically, someone noticed that I’d done two stupid things which I should really not have done:
- I left the root of my webserver directory (xyloid.org) without an index file, causing a filelist to be displayed instead of nothing.
- I left the MySQL administration software (which gives me web access to the database) unprotected - so anyone could’ve gotten to it.
I’m not usually so lax with security, but there you go. I fixed all that and also created a few .htaccess files to fix some other folder permissions. I also went through all my scripts and fixed some outstanding security holes (as small as they might be).
Rather than a public posting, it would have been far more convenient for the person that discovered the flaw to e-mail me. But there we go.
Onto other things. I’ve just finished uni for the term (finished on the 3rd or thereabouts) and am pretty knackered out. This probably isn’t helped by the fact that I’ve not gone to bed before 4am for the past 5 nights in a row, which hurts. What have I been up to since I got back? Absolutely nothing. I don’t think I’ve ever been so bored. Nobody’s back from uni and Sarah’s in Barbados (like I keep saying - it’s alright for some) and the people I know from QM are still in term so aren’t doing anything much.
All around, it’s a bit of a bummer.
The lack of amusing things to do has also led to some vast improvements in the site. If you look at the Archives section, you’ll find it’s all nicely organised by year and month (just in case you all actually care about any posts I’ve made in the past. I’ve also taken down the link to the Stats section (since I can’t be arsed doing that) and the People section (because it’s broken and it needs beating a bit). I’m going to expand into some newer and more interesting areas very soon I think - although I don’t quite know what those might be.
Anyhoo, I’m a bit bored now, so I’m going to listen to some music and work a bit more on the site. Maybe I’ll find a few more background images. Will probably post later (at about 2am :\)