By Michael Ross and Jeffrey H. Rubin – Only a handful of tools can assist with QoS (Quality of Service) testing before applications go live. Enter WhiteHat Security’s WhiteHat Arsenal 2.0, a collection of basic tools that help security professionals test Web applications for common security vulnerab
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Perl 5.8 released
The Perl Foundation have announced version 5.8 of Larry Wall’s popular scripting language, Perl, which includes improved Unicode support.
Working XML: Wrapping up XI
Columnist Benoit Marchal continues to shape XI, an open-source project that converts legacy text to XML. For increased efficiency, XI now implements the SAX XMLReader interface, which proves handy in linking XI to an XSLT processor. Code samples demonstrate the techniques, and the complete source co
XML and PHP
by Santosh Jaini – “XML and PHP” is designed to teach you just one thing: How to use PHP to create XML-based applications. Unlike some of the heavier books out there, it does not attempt to cover every single PHP function; rather, it zooms in on the XML API built into PHP and illustrates, with some
CERT Warns of Multiple SQL Flaws
By Amy Newman – A CERT advisory issued Monday evening warns of several vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server.<br><Br>Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine 2000 are affected.
Linking SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i
By Carl Lim – The following were the steps we took to create a Linked Server from SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i. (R)
Oracle 9i Locally-Managed Tablespaces (LMT) Migration Method
By Greg Johnson – So you’ve just migrated your Oracle8i databases in which all your various sized segments reside (which incidentally were stored in the single “USERS” Tablespace) and now you want to place them in appropriately sized Locally-Managed Tablespaces (LMT’s). Here is a brief guide to help
Buffer Overrun in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Utilities
Cesar Cerrudo discovered two vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000. The vulnerabilities are related to a buffer overrun and SQL injection. Microsoft released Security Bulletin MS02-038 (Unchecked Buffer in SQL Server 2000 Utilities Could All
Query to show duplicate customers only once
By Jorge Cano – I would like to know how I can write a query that would only show my customers once, even though they are in the database more than that. Check out the solution.
Oracle barnstorms the collaboration market
By Bill Peterson – On July 10, Oracle announced the Oracle Collaboration Suite, a suite of integrated messaging and collaboration applications. Oracle, most widely known for its database, tools, and application infrastructure products is targeting a new business with Oracle Collaboration suit