Microsoft restores broken IE URL handling

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Microsoft restores broken Internet
Explorer URL handling

Microsoft restores broken Internet
Explorer URL handling 02/11/2004 01:18 AM
The patch restores Internet Explorer's ability to handle a type of URL containing user authentication information such as usernames and passwords.

MT backup/restores and broken permalink
naming schemes

MT backup/restores and broken permalink
naming schemes 01/07/2004 05:24 PM

I've had to deal with weblog backups and restores, and I'll tell ya, it isn't pretty. It is a problem that can be prevented. I'll explain.

This weekend, I converted my blog from MT 2.21 to 2.65, and in the meantime, I moved over to a SQL backend for the blog. Basically, I'm using a more robust database to hold all of the information on the weblog. In order to do this, I had to do something that most hope they never have to do: A backup and restore. A backup to save my old data, and a restore to seed the new database.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the conversion of the blog to MT 2.65 and to the MySQL backend. I mean, it worked, first time around. No lost data. That isn't always the case with more general backup solutions, like Norton or Macafee. There were some problems, however. The most glaring is around permalinks. For some reason, the MT permalink scheme is the following:

http://BLOGURL/archives/ENTRY_ID.html

For example, the permalink for this post is http://www.sif ry.com/alerts/archives/000321.html, given that this is ENTRY_ID # 321. Everything is honky dory as long as I'm internally consistent. Therein lies the problem.

When I upgraded the weblog to use a new storage subsystem, I exported all of my entries to a big text file (as MT suggests), but the ENTRY_IDs are not exported. So, when I re-imported the entries into my new shiny blog implementation, all of the ENTRY_IDs were different.

This meant that all my permalinks were broken, and people pointing to the site were now pointing to broken or incorrect URLs. Grrr, that's bad design.

There are two ways to avoid this problem: The first is, to use a more natural permalink methodology, like date and time, for example. these are invarient no matter what kind of storage system I use. Gotta hand it to Dave Winer and the folks at Userland, that's how they handle permalinks by default, and it is a smart (and intuatively informative) permalink method. You can actually tell from the URL when something was posted.

The other way to do it is to actually store the ENTRY_ID inside the blog export, so that the correct ID can be added to the database during the import. This is probably the simplest to implement within the MT framework.

In the end, I did neither to fix the problem. Fortunately, I saved the archives from the old weblog, and wrote a script to go through the weblog posts one by one, find out the mapping between the old ENTRY_ID and the new one, and then automatically make the changes to the SQL database - remember, I told you there was a reason to use a more robust database, scriptability is one of those reasons. It is pretty raw, but if you have the same problem, you can reuse my script to convert your MT blog as well. Run it from within a directory containing all of your old archives in the following way:

$ for i in `ls -1r 0*.html`; do perl convertblog.pl $i; done

That should convert all but the most stubborn entries, which you can do by hand. Make sure to edit the script with your own information - it should be pretty self-documenting.

One thing that you may need to do beforehand: If there is overlap between your old blog ENTRY_IDs and new blog ENTRY_IDs, you should probably do a little trick on the database before you import your backup file. Do the following from mysql:

mysql> insert into mt_entry (entry_id) VALUES (30000);

That'll put all of your backup files into the database starting at ENTRY_ID 30000, which should be high enough to not conflict. When you're done, you shouldn't have any entries above 30000, if the conversion went successfully.

Good luck - and Ben, if you're reading this, prehaps adding ENTRY_ID to the export and import process would be useful - it would certainly prevent all of this hassle.

Tough for Microsoft to fix broken
Windows

Tough for Microsoft to fix broken
Windows 07/20/2004 09:25 AM
Several applications are not compatible with new security features. As a vice-president at security software leader Symantec Corp, Mr Matthew Moynahan applauds Microsoft's effort to make its Windows operating system safer from attack. But he is not so excited about the flood of help-desk calls almost certain to come when Microsoft releases a comprehensive security overhaul of Windows XP next month. His company's Norton antivirus software runs on about 100 million desktop computers.

Broken windows let light in on Microsoft

Broken windows let light in on Microsoft 02/13/2004 11:58 AM
Guardian Unlimited Feb 13 2004 3:23PM GMT

EU's Monti Defends Handling of Microsoft

EU's Monti Defends Handling of Microsoft 04/16/2004 06:20 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Apr 16 2004 10:40AM GMT

JPEG handling flaw threatens PCs,
Microsoft warns

JPEG handling flaw threatens PCs,
Microsoft warns 09/14/2004 06:32 PM
A security flaw in the way many Microsoft Corp. applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned Tuesday.

Microsoft issues patch for 'critical'
JPEG-handling flaw

Microsoft issues patch for 'critical'
JPEG-handling flaw 09/14/2004 04:40 PM
Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs process images in the JPEG image format.

UPDATE 1-EU's Monti defends handling of
Microsoft case

UPDATE 1-EU's Monti defends handling of
Microsoft case 04/16/2004 06:20 AM
Reuters Apr 16 2004 10:24AM GMT

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class 11/10/2003 11:25 PM
If you're tired of the default error handler and want to have complete control over default error messages, you should write your own error handling class. Writing your own handler will enable you to change the way php handles your error messages, and allows you to create your own error types. With this class you will be able to send error messages to a log file, or send error reports via email.

Re: SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken

Re: SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken 08/19/2004 10:25 PM
Anthony Nemmer (Aug 18 2004)

SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken

SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken 08/16/2004 09:38 PM

Swainson Restores Focus to CA

Swainson Restores Focus to CA 04/08/2005 10:50 PM
CEO distances company from past troubles.

Senate restores Internet tax ban

Senate restores Internet tax ban 04/29/2004 08:32 PM
USA Today Apr 29 2004 11:37PM GMT

Senate restores Net access tax ban

Senate restores Net access tax ban 04/30/2004 12:46 AM
Boston Globe Apr 30 2004 4:23AM GMT

'Fat' hormone restores fertility

'Fat' hormone restores fertility 09/03/2004 07:41 PM
Injections of a hormone made by fat cells can jump-start an idling reproductive system, research shows.

n-e-ware restores the “joy of text” for
smartphones

n-e-ware restores the “joy of text” for
smartphones 09/04/2004 03:21 AM
With the release of Keystick 3 n-e-ware signals the end of the road for keypads on mobile phones [PRWEB Sep 4, 2004]

Reuters Squashes Worm, Restores IM

Reuters Squashes Worm, Restores IM 04/15/2005 08:33 PM
After a daylong suspension, Reuters puts its enterprise IM network back online, having largely thwarted the spread of a Kelvir worm variant.

New Halo patch restores Mac/PC online
play

New Halo patch restores Mac/PC online
play 09/10/2004 02:29 PM
A new patch for the Windows version of Halo -- published by Microsoft -- was recently distributed that corrected security issues in online play. Unfortunately, that update prevented users of the Mac version -- published by Destineer studio MacSoft -- from playing on updated Halo servers on the Internet. That issue has been corrected in a new Mac update (v1.053) released Friday. The update also adds support for vertex and pixel shading graphics effects produced by the Nvidia 6800 Ultra video card available as a build-to-order option on Power Mac G5 systems.

U.S. Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution

U.S. Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution 04/22/2004 10:45 PM
A federal appeals court restored the government's full case against Zacarias Moussaoui, and allowed prosecutors once again to seek the death penalty.

Google success restores Doerr after
Segway

Google success restores Doerr after
Segway 05/04/2004 06:25 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 4 2004 10:46AM GMT

Halo patch restores Mac/PC online play

Halo patch restores Mac/PC online play 09/10/2004 08:32 PM
Destineer's MacSoft unit has released a patch for its hit game, Halo...

Va. School Restores 'Morning After' Pill

Va. School Restores 'Morning After' Pill 01/10/2004 02:41 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 10 2004 1:19AM ET

Adobe restores Reader's Linux support

Adobe restores Reader's Linux support 04/12/2005 08:37 AM
Final version 7 of the PDF-viewing software for Linux has been released.

Florida board restores felons' rights

Florida board restores felons' rights 06/18/2004 04:04 PM

Federal Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution

Federal Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11
Prosecution 04/23/2004 04:02 AM
A court restored the government's full case against Zacarias Moussaoui, and allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

SLT restores internet services, promises
such interruptions will not occur again

SLT restores internet services, promises
such interruptions will not occur again 08/28/2004 06:03 AM
Theacademic.org - Sat Aug 28, 10:00 am GMT

French school restores "pagan" Christmas
tree (Reuters)

French school restores "pagan" Christmas
tree (Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - A disputed Christmas tree is back on display at a French high school near Paris but only after officials declared it a pagan symbol that did not violate the official separation of church and state.

KPU's IT team restores internet link
from Banda Aceh

KPU's IT team restores internet link
from Banda Aceh 01/01/2005 10:30 AM
Jakarta Post Jan 1 2005 1:37PM GMT

Iraq Orders Militia from Najaf; Restores
Death Penalty

Iraq Orders Militia from Najaf; Restores
Death Penalty 08/08/2004 10:45 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 8 2004 1:45PM GMT

Capital Watch: Senate vote restores ban
on Internet access taxes

Capital Watch: Senate vote restores ban
on Internet access taxes 04/30/2004 04:57 AM
Seattle Times Apr 30 2004 9:14AM GMT

Everything is broken

Everything is broken 04/20/2004 04:55 PM
Email is broken. Google is broken. RSS is broken. Comments are broken. Trackback is broken. Instant messaging is broken. Social networking is broken. Usenet is broken. IPv4 is broken. DNS is broken. And yet, people seem to be getting lots of things done on the Internet these days. Curious, that....

CSS is broken

CSS is broken 12/19/2004 03:47 PM
Designing a site in XHTML/CSS is elegant and good according to many of those who preach web design. But there...

Sometimes It's Just Broken

Sometimes It's Just Broken 12/24/2004 12:59 PM

Sometimes hardware is just broken. Unfortunately, when that happens, you can waste hours trying to figure out exactly what's wrong. By Adam Engst, TidBITS

This is Broken

This is Broken 11/06/2003 11:08 AM
This is Broken A compendium of bad designs. By Mark Hurst
more inside..

Update on "RSS is broken"

Update on "RSS is broken" 09/16/2004 01:37 PM

Robert Scoble stirred up plenty of discussion (including in my own blog) when he explained that MSDN's full-text feeds were reduced to excerpts because "RSS is broken". In his post, Scoble states:

"Bandwidth usage was growing faster than MSDN's ability to pay for, or keep up with, the bandwidth. Terrabytes of bandwidth were being used up by RSS."

However, Sara Williams - head of MSDN - posted a clarification in which she says:

"our RSS traffic is neglible compared to all the traffic generated by Windows Update, MSN, downloads, and the rest of microsoft.com. "

In the meantime, full-tex t posts are back. So...perhaps the RSS sky isn't falling after all?

Is Google Broken?

Is Google Broken? 09/02/2004 12:40 AM
W3Reports Sep 2 2004 4:59AM GMT

Broken Hammer?

Broken Hammer? 04/08/2005 09:27 AM
Recent revelations of huge sums paid to family members have stung the GOP majority leader. But Tom DeLay was damaged goods long before that.

Broken apps are here again!!

Broken apps are here again!! 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
user@server$ ./INSTALL_LICENSE app: eYE oWN j0O! All your computer are belong to us! Have you read the software agreement? >...

Broken Server#¤%!§

Broken Server#¤%!§ 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Augh! My baby's gone down in flames! My shiny little Sunfire V880 shit itself and crashed its root drive. Good...
Grok Description matches for Microsoft restores broken IE URL handling
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Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser

Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser 02/05/2005 09:42 PM
As of 8am today - Wells Fargo (one of the largest Banks in the United States) began blocking Opera browser from it's online banking.

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser!

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser! 01/02/2004 07:26 PM

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them 03/13/2003 10:26 AM

Guilty By Association

Guilty By Association 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
Slashdot Mar 5 2004 9:05PM GMT

What next for the Football Association?

What next for the Football Association? 08/02/2004 04:37 AM
Mark Palios, chief executive of the Football Association has resigned, leaving the organisation without a full-time leader. Where does the FA go from here?

Association of Internet Researchers

Association of Internet Researchers 04/16/2005 07:28 AM

AoIR Wiki

Association of Internet Researchers' Wiki
http://wiki.aoir .org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Association of Internet Researchers'Wiki. This wiki is intended to be a public resource for people interested in Internet Research. The wiki is managed at the discretion of the Executive Committee of the Association. Some categories include: Internet Researchers, Research Centers, Research Method, Research Ethics, Links to Online Papers, and Links to Books. This has been added to Research Resources Suvject Tracer™ Information Blog.

"Bio-Technology Industry Association"

"Bio-Technology Industry Association" 06/13/2004 08:13 PM

Enforcing association cardinality
(XML.com)

Enforcing association cardinality
(XML.com) 07/01/2002 12:36 PM

Enforcing Association Cardinality

Enforcing Association Cardinality 06/26/2002 07:05 PM
In the first of our "XML Schema Clinic" series, we look at the ways that the cardinality of associations between XML elements can be controlled using W3C XML Schema.

Executives' Association of Greater Miami

Executives' Association of Greater Miami 08/17/2004 04:08 AM

Bots Blogs and News Aggregators Presentation

Speech: Current Happenings on the Internet: Blogs, Bots and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Executives' Association of Greater Miami
http://www.eagmiami.com/

Presentation Sources:

Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
http://www.BotsBlogs.com

Searching the Internet - Online Streaming Video Tutorial
http://www.SearchingTheInt ernet.info

Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A., Executive Director of the Virtual Private Library™, author, speaker, consultant and creator/founder of BotSpot.com will be speaking on the latest happenings on the Internet with emphasis on the growing areas of bots and intelligent agents, blogs (weblogs), and news aggregators. Mr. Zillman will be showing these new resources live on the Internet and how they will relate to helping you search and find the information you require for both personal and academic research. His presentations are designed both for the “newbie” to Internet searching as well as the seasoned “Internaut”. The Internet continues to change at a record pace, and discovering the latest tools to make your Internet search both easy and competent is the goal of this presentation. Will eMail soon be replaced by RSS and news aggregators? Are blogs, currently the fastest growing area of the Internet, a fad or will they change the entire Internet landscape? These and other questions will be discussed during this presentation by one of the Internet’s pioneers and bot and artificial intelligence experts, Marcus P. Zillman. His latest links and resources are available by clicking here.

Time: 7:30am

Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Location: Miami Airport Marriott Hotel, 1201 N.W. LeJune Road, Miami, Florida

Calif. eyes homeowner association
changes

Calif. eyes homeowner association
changes 08/09/2004 12:43 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Mon Aug 9, 12:13 am GMT

From the minds of the Direct Marketing
Association

From the minds of the Direct Marketing
Association 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
Some confused judge in Oklahoma decided that Congress had given the FCC but not the FTC authority to make a the Do Not Call registry. So it's temporarily being blocked; otherwise it's supposed to take effect from October 1st. (Of course the legislators are saying that everyone is behind it and they'll get any legislation needed set up in a matter of days). The best part of the NYT article: The Direct Marketing Association acknowledged that the court ruling did...

Charles Forsyth - the PC Association
verdict

Charles Forsyth - the PC Association
verdict 04/10/2005 04:36 PM
The Register Apr 10 2005 8:04PM GMT

Housing association polices mobile net
use

Housing association polices mobile net
use 09/13/2004 09:45 PM
Computer Weekly Sep 14 2004 1:48AM GMT

Ponce de Leon Development Association

Ponce de Leon Development Association 08/23/2004 06:30 AM

Bots Blogs and News Aggregators Presentation

Speech: Current Happenings on the Internet: Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Ponce de Leon Development Association

Presentation Sources:

Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
http://www.BotsBlogs.com

Searching the Internet - Online Streaming Video Tutorial
http://www.SearchingTheInt ernet.info

Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A., Executive Director of the Virtual Private Library™, Internet expert, author, speaker, consultant and creator/founder of BotSpot.com will be speaking on the latest happenings on the Internet with emphasis on the growing areas of bots and intelligent agents, blogs (weblogs), and news aggregators. Mr. Zillman will be showing these new resources live on the Internet and how they will relate to helping you search and find the information you require for both personal and academic research. His presentations are designed both for the “newbie” to Internet searching as well as the seasoned “Internaut”. The Internet continues to change at a record pace, and discovering the latest tools to make your Internet search both easy and competent is the goal of this presentation. Will eMail soon be replaced by RSS and news aggregators? Are blogs, currently the fastest growing area of the Internet, a fad or will they change the entire Internet landscape? These and other questions will be discussed during this presentation by one of the Internet’s pioneers and bot and artificial intelligence experts, Marcus P. Zillman. His latest links and resources are available by clicking here.

Time: 12:00pm

Date: Monday, August 23, 2004

Location: Christy's in Coral Gables, Florida

The International Association of Law
Libraries (IALL)

The International Association of Law
Libraries (IALL) 06/05/2004 05:53 AM
The International Association of Law Libraries (IALL)
http://www.iall.org/

The International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) is a worldwide organization of librarians, libraries, and other persons and institutions concerned with the acquisition and use of legal information emanating from sources other than their own jurisdictions. The basic purpose of the Association is to promote on a world-wide cooperative and non-profit basis the work of individuals, libraries and other organizations concerned with all aspects of legal information, and to facilitate the use of such information. Founded in 1959, the IALL now has over 600 members in more than 50 countries on five continents. The members represent all types of legal collections ranging from academic law libraries of all sizes to corporate libraries, and from national and parliamentary libraries to administrative agency and court libraries. This will be added to Legal Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION

HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 12/19/2003 11:41 AM
Hollywood Foreign Press has announced their nominations for this year's Golden Globe Awards .. a female director gets a Golden Globe nomination .. best Original Song .. here .. list

hfpa.org/nominations2004.html
track this site | 11 links

Weekend Word Association game

Weekend Word Association game 04/30/2004 01:35 PM
Jiggle...

American Bar Association Licenses Essays

American Bar Association Licenses Essays 03/19/2005 03:27 AM

It recently has come to our attention and that the American Bar Association has Creative Commons licensed essays on the USA PATRIOT provisions.

What better a compliment than to have this prestigious association of lawyers use Creative Commons licenses for their content. We're truly honored.

A "broken" force

A "broken" force 01/05/2005 11:31 AM
At a time when too few are willing or able to speak openly and with candor about the harmful impact of this administration's policies, it is refreshing -- if disturbing -- to hear what Lt. Gen. James R. "Ron" Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, has to say. The Baltimore Sun reports today on a memo Helmly wrote to senior Army leaders about the health of his command, which "is rapidly degenerating into a 'broken' force," in his view. The draining demands of overseas commitments, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the unwillingness of Army and Pentagon officials to change "dysfunctional" policies are exacerbating the problem, he wrote, and the Reserve is in "grave danger" of being unable to undertake any other missions.

broken ice still melts in the sun

broken ice still melts in the sun 11/18/2003 11:36 AM
I put up a couple of eBay auctions yesterday afternoon. They are: Autographed Dancing Barefoot, for those of you who...

Broken: thisisbroken.com

Broken: thisisbroken.com 02/05/2005 09:27 PM
thisisbroken.com is broken. Isn't that ironic?

Broken Angels

Broken Angels 08/06/2004 05:00 PM

Microsoft restores broken IE URL handling

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