I recently started messing around with building my own Facebook application. I figured the best way to start learning was to download the demo application and get it working on the Slaptijack web server. I quickly ran into a problem:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function json_encode()
The problem is that PHP 5.2 [...]

Categories: System Administration

Interesting news from around the web for 2008-01-24:

Are Facebook Application Users Worth $1.40 a Piece?I still believe the economics of Facebook applications are wonky, but the information here is definitely interesting.
Under Rare Conditions, a Non-disruptive Upgrade of a DS-C9506, DS-C9509 or DS-C9513 to SAN-OS 3.1(1) through 3.2 (2c) or a Subsequent Switchover May Cause the [...]

Categories: Tech Messages

If you’ve been reading Slaptijack for a while, you might remember that I’ve been doing personal backups with rsync and hard links. The hard links conserve disk space by making sure I don’t have multiple copies of the same file lying around.
I recently added a new drive to my iMac expressly for the purpose [...]

Categories: System Administration

It’s time again for another batch of Cisco End-of-Life / End-of-Sale announcements. It’s been nearly a week since the last batch!
Don’t forget, most EoL / EoS announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding what product is best for you, send me a message with the Slaptijack contact [...]

Categories: Networking

Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco PIX and ASA Time-to-Live Vulnerability
Default Passwords in the Application Velocity System

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0089 Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Categories: Security Updates