Archive for May, 2010

How to display PHP errors on your LAMP/WAMP setup

Posted May 21, 2010 at 8:00 pm in General | No Comments

Is there anything more annoying than not being able to determine why your code isn’t working? How about trying to determine a reason why without receiving any feedback such as error messages? This is what happened to a friend of mine who is attempting to learn how to program using PHP and wasn’t able to tell why his code wasn’t working properly. Luckily, the solution is quite trivial.

You’ll need to modify PHP’s initialization file called php.ini. This file is responsible for configuring many of the aspects of PHP’s behavior. I will assume for the sake of brevity that you have a working LAMP/WAMP setup. Continue reading..

Bell-La Padula, Biba and Clark-Wilson Security Models

Posted May 16, 2010 at 1:08 pm in Policy | 1 Comment

I’ve decided to begin studying for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) exam offered through (ISC)2 since I’ve started to drift away from the security world due to my educational pursuits. In my studies I’ve come across a few security models that I feel are worth quickly summarizing which include the Bell-La Padula, Biba, and Clark-Wilson models.
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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Installed

Posted May 14, 2010 at 12:39 am in General | No Comments

So I cracked and decided to see what the hype surrounding Ubuntu was since, after all, it is based on Debian. I downloaded the respective Live CD for my system and booted up. The Ubuntu Live CD started and I was presented with a nice looking GUI that allowed me to continue installation.

Everything was going smoothly until I was asked to ‘Prepare Partitions’. This part of the installation process didn’t recognize my hard disk drive. Turns out there’s a package called dmraid that needed to be removed.

In summary, if you’re experiencing a similar error during your Ubuntu 10.04 installation try the following steps:

  • Boot the Live CD
  • Instead of attempting to install right away, take a tour of Ubuntu
  • Open a terminal
  • Enter the following command: sudo apt-get remove dmraid
  • When asked (you’ll know when) press ‘y’ to continue
  • Run the install script from the Desktop
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