Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Cary Gordon
This is what I posted to the Drupal4Lib list: By now, you should have seen https://www.drupal.org/PSA-2014-003 and heard about the Drupageddon exploits. and you may be wondering if you were vulnerable or iff you were hit by this, how you can tell and what you should do.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Lin, Kun
If you are using drupal as main website, consider using Cloudflare Pro. It's just $20 a month and worth it. They'll help block most attacks. And they usually receive vulnerability report ahead of general public. Kun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Cary Gordon
How do they receive vulnerability report ahead of general public? From whom? Cary On Friday, October 31, 2014, Lin, Kun l...@cua.edu wrote: If you are using drupal as main website, consider using Cloudflare Pro. It's just $20 a month and worth it. They'll help block most attacks. And they

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Lin, Kun
Hi Cary, I don't know from whom. But for the heartbeat vulnerability earlier this year, they as well as some other big providers like Google and Amazon were notified and patched before it was announced. Kun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU]

[CODE4LIB] OCLC Software Development Practices Webinars

2014-10-31 Thread Hostetler,Shelley
The OCLC Developer Network is offering two free, 1-hour webinars based on our recent popular blog series covering some of our favorite software development practices: Finding a Common Language: Putting Software Development Practices to Use - November 11, 11:00am ET This webinar is designed for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Oct 31, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Lin, Kun wrote: Hi Cary, I don't know from whom. But for the heartbeat vulnerability earlier this year, they as well as some other big providers like Google and Amazon were notified and patched before it was announced. If they have an employee who

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Kevin Reiss
http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2014/10/a-lesson-in-security.html is an interesting and thoughtful write-up on the technical details of this vulnerability. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov wrote: On Oct 31, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Lin, Kun wrote: Hi Cary,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Cary Gordon
The vulnerability was discovered in the course of an audit by SektionEins, a German security firm, and immediately reported to the Drupal Security Team. Because this was a pretty obscure vulnerability with no reported exploits, the team decided to wait until the first scheduled release date

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-10-31 Thread Lin, Kun
I think so. However, Cloudflare in their blog post claim they have develop a way to block the attack immediately when the vulnerability was announced. Whether or not they know the exploit ahead of time or not, it would be good to know someone is watching out for you for $20 a month. And you

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Application Developer at Towson University Libraries at Towson University

2014-10-31 Thread jobs
Web Application Developer at Towson University Libraries Towson University Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area Join our team at Towson! The Albert S. Cook Library seeks a highly skilled and innovative Web Application Developer to participate in all stages of the application