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SQL Server 2005 Notes

  • 12 August 2008
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Solutions Obfuscating your SQL Server Data If you are required to use real production data to test applications, any sensitive data should be “disguised” before loading it into the development environment. Find out more: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/obfuscating-your-sql-server-data/ Encrypting Your Valuable Data Security has become extremely important in today’s fiercely completive business environment. Industry standards require you to […]

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What is the FTP layer for?

The Answer The FTP Layer allows file operations (such as installing Extensions or updating the main configuration file) without having to make all the folders and files writable. This has been an issue on Linux and other Unix-based platforms in respect of file permissions. This makes the site admin’s life a lot easier and increases […]

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Can Joomla! 1.5 operate with PHP Safe Mode On?

The Answer Yes, it can! This is a significant security improvement. The safe mode limits PHP to be able to perform actions only on files/folders whose owner is the same as PHP is currently using (this is usually ‘apache’). As files normally are created either by Joomla! application or by FTP access, the combination of […]

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Why does Joomla! 1.5 use UTF-8 encoding?

Well… how about never needing to mess with encoding settings again? Ever needed to display several languages on one page or site and something always came up in Gibberish? With utf-8 (a variant of Unicode) glyphs (character forms) of basically all languages can be displayed with one single encoding setting. Credits Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/business-coffee-composition-computer-265667/ […]